UC Rangelands is a network of scientists and educators across the University of California and Cooperative Extension. Our mission is to develop and advance science-based knowledge in partnership with diverse management and policy stakeholders to promote agricultural and environmental sustainability on California's grazing lands.

Leslie M. Roche
Director of UC Rangelands
CE Specialist in Rangeland Management
Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
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Kenneth Tate
Co-Director of UC Rangelands
Professor and CE Specialist in Rangeland Watershed Sciences
Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
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Associated Faculty and Researchers

Roger A. Baldwin

CE Specialist in Human-Wildlife Conflict Resolution
Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, UC Davis
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Charlie Brummer
Professor, Forage Crop Breeding and Director, Plant Breeding Center
Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
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Randy Dahlgren
Professor of Soil Science and Biogeochemistry, Emeritus
Russell Rustici Chair
Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
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DJ Eastburn

Associate Specialist
Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
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Valerie Eviner
Associate Professor
Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
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Amélie Gaudin
Assistant Professor, Agroecology
Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
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Mel George
CE Specialist, Emeritus
Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
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Elise Gornish
CE Specialist in Ecological Restoration
The University of Arizona
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Kristina Horback
Assistant Professor, Applied Ethology
Department of Animal Science, UC Davis
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Lynn Huntsinger
Professor of Rangeland Ecology and Management
Russell Rustici Chair
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management, UC Berkeley
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Yufang Jin
Assistant Professor of Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Change
Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis
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Gaby Maier
CE Specialist in Beef Cattle Herd Health & Production
School of Veterinary Medicine, Population Health & Reproduction, UC Davis
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Mohsen B. Mesgaran
Assistant Professor, Weed Ecology and Modeling
Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
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Toby O'Geen
Professor & CE Specialist in Soil Resources
Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis
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James Oltjen
CE Specialist in Animal Management Systems
Department of Animal Science, UC Davis
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Alda Pires
CE Specialist in Urban Agriculture and Food Safety
School of Veterinary Medicine, Population Health & Reproduction, UC Davis
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Daniel H. Putnam
CE Specialist in Alfalfa & Forage
Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
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Tina Saitone
CE Specialist in Agricultural Economics
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis
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Truman Young
Professor and Restoration Ecologist, Emeritus
Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
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