The organizational structure for the Great Basin Environmental Program (GBEP) involves the five Land Grant universities that share the Great Basin. These universities and the representatives to the GBEP, along with contact information, are listed below.
University of Idaho
Donn Thill
Associate Dean of Research and Director IAES
Professor of Weed Science
Superintendent, PREEC
875 Perimeter Drive MS 2337
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83844-2337
Ph: 208-885-6214
Fax: 208-885-4719
Email: dthill@uidaho.edu
Oregon State University
David W. Bohnert
Director and Associate Professor
Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center — Burns
Oregon State University
Burns, OR 97720
Ph. Office 541-573-8910
Ph. Cell 541-413-0076
Email: dave.bohnert@oregonstate.edu
University of Nevada, Reno
Bill Payne, Dean
College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources
Fleischmann Agriculture, Rm 201
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89557
Ph. Office 775-784-6237
Email: bpayne@cabnr.unr.edu
Utah State University
Terry Messmer
Utah State University
Wildlife Specialist and Professor
DPFRWS
5230 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322
Ph. Office 435-797-3975
Ph. Cell 435-797-3396
Email: terry.messmer@usu.edu
University of California
Barbara H. Allen-Diaz
Vice President, Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station
Director of Cooperative Extension., and Professor and Russell Rustici
Chair in Range Management
University of California ANR
Berkeley, CA 94720
Ph Direct 510-987-9359
Ph Chief of Staff 510-287-3343
Email: barbara.allen-diaz@copy.edu
These representatives are all involved in administration and/or research and extension related to the environment in the Great Basin, and serve as coordinators of the multi-university research and extension projects on late season grazing of cattle and fuel reduction to control fires.