WE Team Contacts

WE Team Members

Paul Adams 541-737-2946 Email Web Site	Paul Adams, in his role as Forest Watershed Extension Specialist, develops and presents seminars, training programs and educational materials related to forest practices and watershed resources. Audiences include forestry professionals, forest landowners and operators, and public policy makers. Given their high profile and importance, Paul has helped synthesize information on watershed effects of wildfire and post-fire treatments, as well as on municipal water supplies from forest lands. In addition, he provides ongoing education and other support to both forestry professionals and landowners to help improve their knowledge of and leadership in public issues and policies on forest lands.
Glenn Ahrens 503-325-8573 Email Web Site	Glenn Ahrens is the Forestry and Natural Resources Extension faculty for Clatsop and Tillamook Counties on the north coast of Oregon. His general mission as Extension forester is to improve Oregonians' knowledge of forest resources and options for expanding benefits from these resources. Glenn’s interests pertaining to Watershed Extension include riparian area functions, riparian vegetation ecology, and riparian area management.
Frank Burris 541-247-6672 Email Web Site	Frank Burris serves as watershed educator for Curry County and the south coast, providing private property owners, interested citizens, and organizations with the knowledge they need to assist in improving ecosystem health, salmonid fish populations, and water quality. Projects and areas of interest include: Watershed extension, non-point source water quality monitoring, wetland construction and restoration, and aquatic invertebrate sampling and identification.
Sam Chan 541-737-1583 Email Web Site	Sam Chan serves the state and the Pacific region with special focus on aquatic and watershed ecosystem health, aquatic invasive species, and oil spill prevention and management. Projects and interests include: Habitat protection, water pollution, salmon and watershed restoration, oil spills, and invasive non-native plants and animals. See our new Marine Invaders page, and the article Invaders from the Deep (Oregon's Agricultural Progress, Fall 2006).
Flaxen Conway 541-737-1418 Email Web Site	Flaxen Conway, Community Outreach Speciialist, has spent much of her career dealing with the issues facing natural resource industries and the communities and people that depend on them - first in the timber industry, and since joining Oregon Sea Grant, with communities, businesses and families the length of the Oregon coast. She specializes in family and community issues, coalition building, conflict management and the issues surrounding change. See Common Ground at the Shore, (OSU President's Report 2006) Projects and areas of interest include: coping with change and transition, personal and group leadership education, cooperative learning and research.
Rob Emanuel 503-842-5708 ext 210 Email Blog: H2ONC Website	Rob Emanuelserves the North Coast of Oregon with water- and watershed-related education, training, and technical assistance to citizens, property owners, businesses, community leaders, and organizations. Before joining Oregon Sea Grant, Robert coordinated a statewide watershed extension program in Arizona and conducted doctoral research on watershed management by ranchers on the U.S.-Mexico border. Projects and research interests include non-point source pollution prevention, bioretention, benthic macroinvertebrate monitoring, relationships between water quality and invasive aquatic plants, drinking water protection, as well as landowner recruitment for salmonid habitat restoration or water quality improvement.
Mike Gamroth 541-737-3316 Email Web Site	Mike Gamroth is a Professor of Animal Sciences and Extension water quality coordinator for Oregon State University focusing on pollution prevention. He was an area Extension agent for 12 years and has been state specialist for 23 years. His major program and research interests include facilities and animal waste planning, such as constructing and maintaining labor efficient buildings, design and operation of manure handling facilities, techniques to avoid pollution from animal waste, milking parlor design and performance as well as dairy personnel and business management. He holds 16 awards for the development and delivery of Extension programs for dairy producers. He is co-chair of the successful Western Dairy Management Conference and a lead editor with DAIReXNET and eOrganic Extension information websites.
Guillermo Giannico 541-737-2479 Email Web Site	Dr. Guillermo Giannico, a fisheries specialist focusing on salmonid ecology and watershed management, degrees in biology, resource management and environmental studies. His primary responsibilities include providing information, educational material and professional assistance to Extension agents, government agency personnel, watershed councils, and the public in salmonid ecology and behavior, fish habitat, aquatic ecology, and watershed management-related issues in support of the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds. Projects and areas of interest include: Development and presentation of seminars, conferences and training materials on fish habitat, stream assessment, and stream restoration, including a 2006 Regional Symposium on In-stream Gravel Extraction and its Effects on Fish Habitats.
Derek Godwin 503-566-2909 Email Web Site	Derek Godwin serves as an Extension Watershed Management Specialist for Oregon (40%) and Marion County Staff Chair (60%). He specializes in hydrology, urbanizing watersheds, stream processes, and water quality monitoring. Projects and areas of interest include low impact development (LID) and sustainable stormwater management, rain gardens, urban forestry, Master Watershed Steward program, stream erosion and floodplain management, and stream temperature monitoring.
Megan Kleibacker 541-737-8715 Email Web Site	Megan Kleibacker, Watershed Education Program Associate, coordinates the WE Team and oversees the Master Watershed Stewardship program. Megan has a strong background in youth watershed education and involving youth in watershed restoration projects. She helps the WE Team conduct needs assessments, develop and implement program evaluation plans, and serves as the central communication hub for the WE Team.
Linda McMahan 503-434-8910 Email Web Site	Linda McMahan is Extension Horticulturist in Yamhill County in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. She provides educational opportunities and assistance to gardeners and landscapers and oversees the counties extensive OSU Master Gardener Program. Her particular interests encompass many aspects of ecological gardening including gardening with native plants, streamside gardening, alternatives to invasive plants, gardening for reduced water use (WaterWise Gardening) and reducing the carbon footprint in home gardens and landscapes.
Tania Siemens 541-737-1583 Email Web Site	Tania Siemens specializes in invasives species education, prevention, early detection, and rapid response. As the coordinator for Oregon Sea Grant’s WISE (Watershed and Invasive Species Education) program, Tania helps teachers engage their students in their local watershed invasive species issues as a way to reach classroom learning benchmarks. Tania also works with state, federal, and non-governmental partners to build early detection and rapid response networks at state and local scales.
Viviane Simone-Browne 541-737-1393 Email Web Site	Viviane Simone-Browne, as Forestry Extension Specialist and Associate Professor (Forest Resources), educates communities and Extension professionals in public process, to help them deal with tough natural resources issues. Viviane also coordinates the Sustainable Living Project at OSU. Its mission is to improve the quality of life and reduce environmental degradation in Oregon by fostering new consumption patterns and sustainable lifestyles. Since its inception in 1998, over 7500 individuals have participated in her Sustainable Living workshops and over 525,000 have browsed the website.
Patrick Willis 503-821-1120 Email Web Site	Pat Willis is the OSU Extension 4-H Youth Development faculty for Washington County. Along with managing the traditional 4-H programs, he is developing field based natural science and science inquiry programs for youth groups and teachers. Before joining OSU Extension, Pat was a program manager at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, and the Executive Director of Jackson Bottom Wetlands, a 725 acre wildlife preserve in Washington County. Projects and areas of interest include: Watershed and wetland restoration and involving citizens in habitat enhancement program planning and implementation. Providing Place-based education opportunities for citizens to be engaged in local natural system enhancement efforts.
Brad Withrow-Robinson 503-434-8914 Email Web Site	Brad Withrow-Robinson is an Extension Forester based in Yamhill County. The goal of his Extension Forestry program is to help landowners in Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties better understand local woodlands and forests. He strives to provide education and tools to take care of forests and woodlands and to help meet landowner goals and objectives.