COASTAL TRAINING NETWORK

The Elkhorn Slough Coastal Training Program works with the Coastal Training Network, a group of experts and educators dedicated to the translation and application of science for coastal resource conservation in California. The Coastal Training Network works to advertise and improve education opportunities and programs for coastal decision makers. Network members pledge to be available to provide the best available science to decision makers. If you would like to join, interact, or know more about the Coastal Training Network, please contact us.

Coastal Training Network Experts

NAME / TITLE / ORGANIZATION	E-MAIL / PHONE / WEB SITE	AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE
Dr. Grey Hayes Coastal Training Program Coordinator Elkhorn Slough	grey at elkhornslough.org 831-274-8700 http://www.elkhornsloughctp.org	Decision maker training, collaborative learning and research, coastal ecosystems, California botany, restoration ecology, sustainable living
Dr. Jodi McGraw Population and Community Ecologist	jodimcgraw at sbcglobal.net 831-338-1990	Plant population and community ecology, rare species conservation and management, and conservation planning
Dr. Stuart Weiss Consulting Ecologist Creekside Center for Earth Observations	stu at creeksidescience.com (650) 854-9732	Bay Checkerspot butterfly; N deposition impacts; geo-spatial analysis; microclimate effect explanations for biotic distribution
Dr. Karen D. Holl Professor Environmental Studies Program, University of California Santa Cruz	kholl at ucsc.edu (831) 459-3668 http://people.ucsc.edu/~kholl/	Restoration ecology, California grassland restoration, tropical forest restoration, riparian restoration, and mine reclamation.
Dr. V. Thomas Parker Professor of Biology Department of Biology San Francisco State University	parker at sfsu.edu (415) 338-2375 http://www.sfsu.edu/~biology/pages/gpages/parkerg.html	vegetation management and conservation, plant community dynamics (dispersal, seed banks, seedling establishment), evolution and systematics of Arctostaphylos (manzanitas), ecological dynamics and restoration of chaparral, tidal wetlands, mixed evergreen forests, coastal scrub
Mr. Eric Van Dyke Geographical Ecologist Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve	vandyke at elkhornslough.org (831) 728-2822 http://www.elkhornslough.org/research/GIS.HTM	maritime chaparral, geographical ecology, GIS
Mr. Michael Vasey Director of Special Projects for the Conservation Biology Program and Geography and Human Environmen San Francisco State University	mvasey at sfsu.edu 415-338-1957 http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/experts/320.htm	Conservation biology, restoration ecology, vegetation monitoring, manzanita systematics, maritime chaparral, wetlands
Dr. Claudia Tyler Research Scientist University of California Santa Barbara	tyler at lifesci.ucsb.edu 805-455-5711 www.icess.ucsb.edu/~tyler	maritime chaparral; grassland, shrubland, oak woodland ecology; impacts of cattle grazing