Second
Progress Report
Jan 1988–Jan 1989
University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
College of Natural Resources, Berkeley
Department of Forestry & Resource Management
December 1989
DEVELOPMENT OF THE IHRMP
Beginning in 1981, the rising interest in California’s hardwood rangeland (oak-grass woodlands) brought increased requests to the State Board of Forestry for policy reviews regarding management and harvesting of hardwoods on both public and private lands. By 1985, a comprehensive, 10-year proposal for research and extension was presented by the University of California’s Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC). After the proposal was circulated among public and private sectors, both the University and the California Department of Forestry (CDF) endorsed budget augmentation for FY 1986-87. By the end of that year, Pete C. Passof, Forest Advisor for UC Cooperative Extension in Mendocino County, was appointed as interim manager for the new "Hardwood Program" for the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. In 1986, UC and the California Department of Forestry joined forces with funds from both agencies allocated in the Governor’s Budget for FY 1986-87. The final budget for FY 1986-87 authorized $650,000 granted annually to UC’s budget for hardwood range research and extension activities. At the same time, the CDF received one-time only authorization to spend $350,000 for hardwood related short-term applied research projects. “Requests for research proposals” were submitted to 130 individuals and by October, eighteen research projects had been funded for FY 1986-87 by UC and CDF. Over $375,000 was committed for the first year funding. In August, five Natural Resource Specialist positions were filled. The positions were distributed at UC Riverside (South Coast); at the San Luis Obispo UCCE Office (Central Coast); Hopland Field Station (North Coast); UC Sierra Foothill Range Station (North Sierra); and El Dorado County UCCE office (Central Sierra). The University’s Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program (IHRMP), composed of applied and basic research activities and the delivery of an aggressive educational program, is committed to working to ensure that the most up-to-date information is available and that efforts addressing problems relating to the hardwood resource are coordinated. It is widely recognized that the problems facing the State’s hardwoods vary greatly from region to region. This is the major reason for the regionally based approach taken by UC in the development of IHRMP. The other resource management agencies involved have a similar decentralized approach to addressing local and regional needs. |
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