Professor. Ecosystem Science and Management​ (UW)
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Professor of shrubland ecology whose research targets revegetation of wildland disturbances such as mined lands and on areas impacted by exotic invasions and wildfire. Her students have conducted research on Threatened and Endangered plant species, wildlife habitat in shrubland systems, and native species response to exotic invasive plant species. She works within grassland and shrubland ecosystems of the Intermountain West to improve productivity and revegetation effectiveness, enhance wildlife habitat and understand the mechanisms that contribute to and limit exotic invasions.
Dr. Ann Hild
Professor. Ecosystem Science and Management (UW)​
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Professor of Soils who has taught a variety of courses including Introduction to Soil Science and Genesis, Morphology and Classification of Soils. His teaching at UW has been recognized with the Ellbogen Award for Meritorious Classroom Teaching, 1993; the Range Management Club - Outstanding Faculty Award, 1996; and the Lawrence Meeboer Agriculture Classroom Teacher Award 1999, 2012. He has worked as a Soil Scientist in Wyoming, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota and China. His research interests include soil genesis, soil-geology-plant relationships, and restoration/reclamation after energy extraction disturbance.
Dr. Larry Munn
Adjunct Faculty in Ecosystem Science and Management (UW). Research Botanist with the Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Program (Retired)
Nancy Shaw's primary research interests are in the impacts of invasive species and changing fire regimes on vegetation of the Great Basin, particularly sagebrush ecosystems, and the development and use of native plant materials for revegetating disturbed sites in this region. She works with collaborators and students in the Great Basin and surrounding states. An important facet of their work is with private sector seed growers.
Dr. Nancy Shaw
Guest Contributors
Dr. Tony Apa
Sage-Grouse Researcher, Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Dr. Apa began his career as a researcher with the Colorado Parks and Wildlife in November 1999. He was raised in Nebraska and received his B.S. degree from the University of Montana, an M.S. degree from South Dakota State University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Idaho. His Ph.D. research focused on the habitat use and movements of sympatric Greater Sage-grouse and Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse. He has been involved in research and/or management of sage-grouse in 2 states (Colorado and Idaho) for over 20 years. He was a technical expert for the development of the Gunnison Sage-grouse Range wide Conservation Plan and the Greater Sage-grouse Statewide Plan. Dr. Apa is currently continuing his research on the ecology and management of grouse species in Colorado.
Dr. Kevin Hultine
Plant Ecophysiologist Desert Botannical Garden
His research revolves around the interaction between global change processes, biogeochemical cycles and plant ecophysiology in desert ecosystems (including those in urban, riparian and upland areas). Specific questions he seeks to answer include understanding 1) relationships between insect herbivory, resource allocation, and plant mortality, 2) how climate and soil texture interact to underpin the population structure, productivity and distribution of desert plant species and 3) relationships between anthropogenic nitrogen addition (through atmospheric nitrogen deposition, stream inorganic nitrogen loading, etc) and the invasion of non-native plants in desert ecosystems. To this end, he is applying stable isotopic methods, dendrochronological techniques, measurements of plant water relations and measurements in nutrient dynamics to improve our understanding of how desert plant systems function at multiple scales.
Dr. Barry Baker
Director of the Canyonlands Research Center, Adjunct Assistant Professor at Utah State University.
He received a Ph.D. from Colorado State in 1991 where his research focused on the effects of climate change on grassland/livestock ecosystems. Since then, he has worked in Argentina, China, Mongolia, and the US for the United Nations’ Development and Environmental Programmes, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Country Studies Program, and more recently The Nature Conservancy. His research interests include bioclimatology, biogeography, and the influence of climatic variability on the distribution and conservation of plants and animals in grassland and alpine ecosystems.