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| Sarah Kidd
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Research: Wetland & riparian ecology, invasive plant ecology, restoration science and management
Advisor: Dr. Alan Yeakely
Degree: Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Management
Sarah's master's degree research at PSU focused on identifying the impacts of livestock grazing and exclusion on riparian wetland plant communities and invasive plant species abundance in the Columbia River Bottomlands. For her PhD research, Sarah plans to model ecosystem service restoration trajectories of reconnected tidal wetlands in Young's Bay Watershed in the Lower Columbia River Estuary. Through this research she would like to help enhance our understanding of how wetland ecosystem services are successfully restored, sustained and valued.
Paul Manson
Paul (IGERT FELLOW) is a policy researcher who has been developing participatory decision support tools and methods that combine and synthesize expert opinion and community preferences. Recent efforts include spatially assisted public participation tools for ecosystem services planning in Nevada. This effort supports a local government policy for "no-net loss" of ecosystem services. Other research includes Bayesian inferential modeling for marine ecosystem service functions through a National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) funded project in partnership with Oregon State University. This project is developing a methodology to manage uncertainty in science, and divergent stakeholder opinions. He recently co-authored a Transportation Research Board report on the development of ecosystem service based crediting methods to better inform transportation decisions and measure progress. Paul has a B.A. in Anthropology from Reed College, and an MPA from PSU. For his undergraduate work, Paul conducted ethnological fieldwork in Arctic Alaska with two Iñupiat communities. This research was an examination of the landscape based semiotics in developing cultural narratives and social identities, and their role in present day governance. His graduate work included a broad set of studies across geography and economics along with public administration to include marine policy issues and ecosystem services into his M.PA.
As an ESUR IGERT trainee, Paul seeks to explore the methods and tools communities can engage to better manage shared conflicted resources and to discover dependencies to resources not currently part of decisions. Of particular interest are the ways policy makers and individuals mediate their relationships with the environment through policies or social action. Problems include managing collective action problems around common or pool resources, and transfer of impacts or benefits across landscapes and communities. Paul hopes to participate in co-production of analyses and research with the communities involved.
Marissa Matsler
Marissa (IGERT FELLOW) is a water person interested in the complex relationships between the social, ecological, and technological systems of cities. Specifically, her dissertation research focuses on green infrastructure networks as socio-ecological-technical systems (SETS), exploring the emergence (and consequences) of green infrastructure plans and policies in cities across the United States. She is also involved in analyzing urban wastewater treatment systems and is currently researching emerging social movements in support of dry, composting toilets in Portland. Through work with the local group recode, as well as the City of Portland's Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS), Marissa has had the opportunity to look across the political realities of both stormwater and wastewater treatment innovations in Oregon, and looks forward to continuing her research analyzing these systems through the interdisciplinary lens of SETS.
As a fourth-year PhD student, Marissa also continues her close relationship with the ESUR IGERT program as the IGERT Legacy Fellow, working with Portland State University (PSU) faculty and administrators to research and refine a pathway forward for institutionalizing interdisciplinary ecosystem services research and education at PSU. As part of this effort, Marissa spearheaded and continues to coordinate an IGERT-student-led Ecosystem Services speaker series on campus featuring researchers from across the US.
Marissa graduated with a Marine Biology degree in 2005 from Oregon State University (OSU) where she studied the symbiotic relationship between sea anemones and algae as an Oregon Sea Grant Undergraduate Fellow. She joined the tall ship community as a student with the Sea Education Association (SEA), sailing throughout the Atlantic, and later taught environmental education aboard the schooner SoundWaters on Long Island Sound. Marissa completed her master's in Environmental Management at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (F&ES) in 2010. At Yale, she focused on urban ecology and enjoyed the mixture and diversity of interests and backgrounds of her fellow students. She strives for a research career in which she can tap into the breadth of knowledge and experience of many disciplines to improve the quality of life in cities around the world.
Basma Mohammad
Basma (IGERT FELLOW) is a marine ecologist whose interests in climate change, applied ecology, biological diversity and resource conservation stem from her interdisciplinary undergraduate studies at Tufts University and the Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Program. While a research technician for the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center on the Pacific Coast, she was a project leader for descriptive population and community ecology surveys for marine invasive species across a range of human-influenced habitats in northern California. SERC's collaborative research with universities—University of California-Davis, San Francisco State University and PSU—introduced Basma to research on nutrient pollution and climate change impacts to organism-level processes. Her interests broadened towards research into the role of contaminants transported by storm water—such as heavy metals, agricultural and pesticide residues, or endocrine disrupters (EDCs) from wastewater treatment facilities—in shaping the diversity and resiliency of marine/estuarine and aquatic communities. Basma's field ecology experience, combined with volunteer work in oyster habitat restoration, renewed her interests in environmental policy and management for urbanizing coastal areas. In 2009, she obtained her Master of Environmental Management degree from the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University.
Basma's graduate work will investigate environmentally-induced stresses for biotic populations—such as fish, crabs or mollusks. She plans to conduct research which investigates these broad questions: How might EDCs or other 'contaminants of emerging concern' (CECs) differentially affect biota providing ecosystem services in estuaries and near-shore systems? Could warmer water temperatures or ocean acidification (climate change) synergistically interact with pollutant impacts to biota? Ultimately, Basma is compelled by these questions towards such 'wicked' problems because research at the organism and population levels can inform environmental policy development and resource management as well as conservation actions at local and regional scales.
Jodi Schoenen
Jodi (IGERT FELLOW) is a scientist and landscape architect with a wide range of experience in ecological restoration, site assessment, ecological risk assessment, and natural resource damage valuation. She holds a B.S. in Biology (Systematics and Ecology) from the University of Kansas – Lawrence. Jodi completed graduate work in International Agriculture and Rural Development at Cornell University, and holds a Masters of Landscape Architecture from the University of Washington – Seattle. Her interests in the sciences have repeatedly involved an interdisciplinary approach – from building a charter high school on an urban farm in New Haven, Connecticut, to developing experiential education methodology in an agricultural school in Guatemala as part of Peace Corps service. During the past 10 years, her work has integrated concepts of landscape ecology in severely contaminated aquatic sites into models of restoration that attempt to merge key ecological service elements biologically, economically, and from a policy perspective. Jodi's recent project experience includes community analysis in riparian and coastal environments, the development of priority sites for aquatic restoration activities, as well as experience conducting ecological risk assessments for ports, agencies, and industrial clients. Jodi has developed shoreline habitat restoration designs for selected sites along the Lower Duwamish River, the Willamette River, and the Columbia River.
Jodi has deepened her interest in how ecological services might be quantified and then translated into changes in environmental management. Specifically, she is involved in the development of wider-ranging models for quantifying ecosystem services in urban aquatic systems, and is interested in collaborating with local and regional partners who are fostering conversations at the intersection of ecosystem services valuation, economics, and environmental management/policy.
Roy Watters
Roy (IGERT FELLOW) is a cultural anthropologist working on cultural and natural resource management issues. He has worked extensively as a consultant for a cultural resource management firm that works with private companies, federal and state agencies, and Indian Tribes to identify and protect cultural resources under federal and state historic preservation laws. Working closely with Tribes, he has helped develop a Traditional Cultural Property (TCP) Management Plan for a hydroelectric project, led an interdisciplinary team to identify and map cultural plant locations on Tribal lands, and researched historic and Treaty Fishing Access Sites along the Columbia River. He has also contributed to National Park Service research projects in history and ethnography through the PSU Department of Anthropology and the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit. Roy has designed and conducted ethnographic research in Mexico and the United States in urban, suburban and rural settings. His field-based research has examined religious experience, technological adoption (Intel), ethnobotany, and Native American cultural and environmental history. Roy has a B.A. from The Evergreen State College and a M.A. in Anthropology from PSU.
Roy plans to work with government agencies and Tribes to identify new avenues for linking the scientific management of ecosystems with Tribal efforts to preserve and restore these same ecosystems. Increasingly, Tribes are seeking opportunities for linking cultural continuity with undertakings to preserve the natural environment and the many species therein that have been sustainably exploited for millennia. Place-based research that integrates scientific natural resource management and Native American traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), and that is informed by a larger research framework such as ecosystem services management, may provide a model for co-management that can be applied in other settings. Roy's research will be grounded in solving critical, real-world problems by engaging natural resource managers and Tribal organizations to develop collaborative management approaches addressing both natural and cultural resources.
2012 Cohort
Amy K Coplen
Amy (IGERT FELLOW) is an urban political ecologist working at the intersection of food systems, labor, and social justice to explore how race, class, and gender shape our urban environments. She takes a critical approach to understanding how the exploitation of people and nature are intimately connected, and she seeks to highlight the efforts of activists, workers, and consumers in creating more just and sustainable cities.
Erin Goodling
Erin (IGERT FELLOW) is a third-year student in the Urban Studies PhD program at PSU, with field area concentrations in urban environmental politics and community development. Erin combines ten years of teaching and youth development experience with an interest in the politics surrounding urban socioenvironmental issues, especially where environmental and sustainability initiatives intersect with housing and food justice activism. Current research projects investigate the limits and potential for city officials to advance social and environmental justice agendas in the 'sustainability era'; anti-displacement activism in the context of green-themed gentrification; and historical-geographic factors contributing to spatial concentrations of poverty in East Portland. She is also co-facilitating a handful of youth-led participant action research projects around these topics. In addition, Erin is interested in the various ways in which ecosystem services frameworks are deployed and to what end, particularly in urban contexts.
Zbigniew Grabowski
Zbigniew (IGERT FELLOW) is a free thinking ecologist interested in a wide range of environmental problems stemming from lack of creative vision regarding human-environmental relationships. He will be working on better articulating this vision this summer as a Fellow at the Oakland Based Breakthrough Institute. For the past two years he has lived in London, England, working as an independent consultant with the Prince's Foundation for Building Community, and as a Co-Investigator on a Valuing Nature Network (Funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council) Project 'Stocks and Flows.' His main work has focused on developing conceptual frameworks for investigating the scale dependency of ecosystem attributes in supplying ecosystem services in urban and agro-ecosystems. Previously at the University of Connecticut he worked on a wide range of research questions; spanning plant genetics, food web characterization with isotope techniques (as a summer stint at Yale), and the impacts of beavers on hydro-geomorphology in New England. During his Masters work he spent two months in Panama on a socio-ecological feasibility study for a UN sponsored Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) program. His experiences in Central America went on to inform his work on the relationship between markets for single ecosystem services (in particular carbon) and the multiple outputs and attributes of socio-ecological agro-forest systems. His broad interests span the use of models and environmental inventories in decision-making processes, energy and material flows in ecosystems, traditional and contemporary ecological knowledge, organic farming, and the relationship between the appreciation of nature and human behavior.
As an IGERT Fellow, Zbigniew will be working with Drs. Elise Granek and Heejun Chang to study how different patterns of land use and infrastructural development impact ecological processes and ecosystem services across terrestrial-marine gradients. Using a hydrological lens Zbigniew hopes to refine existing models for ecosystem service valuation and better understand the relationship between cultural drivers of land use and the resultant supply and demand of ecosystem services.
Jamaal Green
Jamaal (IGERT FELLOW) is a planner by training with a masters degree from UNC-Chapel Hill, specializing in economic development. Jamaal, currently a PSU student in Urban Studies and Planning, is studying the spatial and physical aspects of climate change adaptation and mitigation. In addition, he has become increasingly interested in examining the links between sustainability, social equity, racism, and the dichotomous of man's relationship to nature and how these play into what is considered "sustainable" and how that is manifested in a city like Portland. There are situations in all cities, Portland included, that expose the tense relationship between what is commonly understood as "sustainable" (the construction of bike lanes, for example) that run headlong into issues of institutional and cultural racism. In response, many sustainably-minded individuals and organizations risk in perpetuating the very racist institutions and approaches that they should be fighting against because the view of what is "sustainable" is often defined in a sexist, heternormative, and racist fashion. One of my goals is to continually expose these tendencies and to attempt to re-orient sustainability around concepts of social justice and economic opportunity, as well as ecological preservation.
Jamaal's current research projects include a study examining food insecurity in East Portland, a look at municipal climate action and sustainability plans in order to see if they incorporate equity aspects. Jamaal is also currently performing a preliminary literature review to examine connections between land valuation, ecosystem services, and conservation. While an ESUR IGERT student, he hopes to pursue this land valuation question as part of his dissertation work and to continue to write and research on the intersections of race, privilege, class, and sustainability.
Samantha Hamlin
Samantha (IGERT FELLOW) is a marine biologist and budding environmental economist and policy researcher. Samantha earned her bachelor's degree from The Evergreen State College in biology, and went on to Western Washington University to earn her M.S. in Marine and Estuarine Science, studying the possible effects of predation on the bleaching response in corals. In order to have a better foundation for conservation work, she then went on to earn her M.B.A., also from Western Washington University. It was during her M.B.A. internship that she discovered an interest in environmental economics and the application of ecosystem services to environmental management. During her internship, Samantha worked with the Natural Resources Marketplace Working Group in Whatcom County, Washington, performing a financial and economic analysis of ecosystem services in the Fishtrap Watershed, a watershed in heavy agricultural production straddling the Washington/British Columbia border. She collaborated with the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Department of Ecology, local dairy farmers, and biologists and economists from Western Washington University. Specifically, this analysis focused on the costs and benefits to both farmers and the community of agricultural production, salmonid and shellfish production, water flow, flood mitigation, and pollination. The initial financial analysis was expanded to include a spatial and economic analysis to help drive the selection of a pilot site for trading marketplace credits.
Her continuing interest in environmental policy and management has led Samantha to work with the Chair of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, an international, intergovernmental treaty providing a framework for the conservation and wise use of wetlands. Her work for Ramsar has been wide-ranging: benchmarking convention bylaws, researching extractive industry threats in Africa, and analyzing reporting of mining hotspots in Africa.
Samantha is looking forward to integrating her previous research and internship experience with her future ESUR IGERT graduate work with Dr. Heejun Chang. She is interested in the use of environmental economics, spatial analysis, and the quantification of ecosystem services to drive development and environmental management decisions, especially related to water policy and watershed management.
2013 Cohort
Diana Denham
Diana (IGERT FELLOW) is a planner by training, with Masters' degrees in Urban and Regional Planning and Latin American Studies from the University of California-Los Angeles. She has lived in Oaxaca, Mexico during the last six years, most recently conducting research on regional food systems in collaboration with a team from the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Integral Regional Development (CIIDIR, by its Spanish acronym). Working alongside a botanist specializing in agro-biodiversity and an engineer trained in natural resource management, Diana studies the basis of local food security and vulnerabilities related to macro-economic policies, climate and changing government programs in rural communities. Along similar lines, she collaborates closely with a group of youth researchers from the Chinantla, one of the most biologically diverse regions in Mexico, to study their own food system and develop a series of proposals to protect agro-biodiversity and improve nutrition.
Ashlie Denton
Ashlie was an ISS FELLOW in 2013 and is now an IGERT FELLOW as of 2014. Please find her current bio below.
Nicholas Hamilton
Nicholas (IGERT FELLOW) is a research engineer with focus in fluid mechanics and turbulence. He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (PSU) and a M.S. in Turbulence (\'{E}cole Centrale de Lille and ENSMA, France). Nicholas' research centers around wind energy and wake interaction within canopies including vegetation, urban canopies, and wind turbine arrays. To date his projects have been focused on wind tunnel experiments with emphasis on scaleability and laser-based measurement techniques such as particle image velocimetry. Publications include several forms of decomposition of turbulent stresses in canopies and statistical analysis of complex flows. This work is leading to low-order representations of wakes for numerical simulations and wind farm design software. As shown in his research, the combined effects of strategic turbine deployment and the entrainment of high-speed wind throughout wake regions play a key role in optimization of future array designs.
Melanie Malone
Melanie (IGERT FELLOW) is a soil scientist who enjoys using geospatial analyses and field data collection techniques to analyze natural resource systems and anthropogenic impacts. As an undergraduate, Melanie studied Geology and English, and graduated with a double major in both disciplines from Williams College. Melanie obtained her M.S. degree in Soil Science at Oregon State University. Her thesis focused on providing an accurate and useful Land Type Association Map (LTA) of the Fremont-Winema National Forests of South-Central Oregon for the U.S Forest Service. The LTA map was produced by combining geospatial data with the basic predictors of soil formation to predict soil types in her study area. This approach to mapping soils resulted in a more productive and accurate way to map soil types compared to using traditional mapping methods. After graduating from Oregon State University, Melanie worked as a geologist at a private consulting firm. During her time there, she learned much about the history of soil and groundwater contamination in numerous sites around the Portland Metro area and surrounding Northwest states. Melanie became particularly interested in studying the spatial relationships and effects of contamination in water systems in places experiencing increasing urbanization.
Charles Maxwell
Charles Maxwell (IGERT Fellow) is a forester interested in pairing ecosystem modeling with economic evaluation to assess ecosystem services on the landscape level. Charles is a graduate of Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment, with Masters degrees in Forestry (MF) and Environmental Management (MEM). Charles also holds a Bachelors degree in Economics from Wake Forest University. While at Duke, Charles developed an interest in the impact of the environment on population health. This interest was further cultivated through a project at the landscape level linking spatial, economic, and health data to evaluate the impact of poor air quality on the health of a population and the subsequent economic impact. It was through this analysis that Charles became interested in further exploring novel approaches of utilizing ecology and economics to investigate ways to realign incentives to address such problems.
Mary Ann Rozance
Mary Ann (IGERT FELLOW) is an environmental social science researcher exploring the seemingly impenetrable land use questions characteristic of social-ecological systems. Her research interests center on the desire to move toward solutions in land use planning and policy. Over the past several years, her areas of focus have included the role of private landowners in shaping our landscape, understanding how social sciences can be applied to ecosystem recovery efforts, examining factors that affect how people interact with the environment and how they respond to policies. Both during and after completing her Bachelor's degree in forestry from the University of British Columbia, Mary Ann worked in landowner incentive and education programs in Lake Tahoe and Southern California, providing various "carrots and sticks" to motivate environmental practices. This experience helped her recognize the heterogeneity of landowner values, perceptions and attitudes and how these differences reflect across the landscape. Between 2008 and 2010 she attended University of Washington to pursue a Master's degree from the School of Environment and Forest Science studying forest landowners in Washington State and their likelihood of anticipating development on their property. Since then, she has continued to work on social science research within the Puget Sound region and has served as the Program Coordinator for the Washington State University Extension North Puget Sound Forest Stewardship Program.
2014 Cohort
Ariana Chiapella
Ariana (ISS Fellow) is an aquatic ecologist interested in the effects of anthropogenic stressors on aquatic environments. Ariana graduated from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) with a B.A. in Environmental Studies. While attending MCLA, she helped write a successful grant proposal that funded an E. coli source tracking project. As an undergrad, she also worked as a research assistant at Williams College as part of a polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) biomonitoring project, where she developed and tested methods for PCB analysis in crayfish tissue.
Katie Conlon
Katie (IGERT Fellow) specializes in international development and peacebuilding. She has a curiosity and love for the world, environment, and cultures, which has led her to live, work and study around the globe. She recently finished a Masters of International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame where her thesis focused on the intersection of climate change response and peacebuilding. For her Masters she also spent 6 months with the government of Bhutan as an intern in the Gross National Happiness Commission, where she worked with their policy department and researched sustainable development and climate change effects in the Himalayas. In the years leading up to her Masters, Katie spent over two years in Mali working in the Sahara in the Peace Corps; a year in Guinea working for Peace Corps Response; a year in Trinidad & Tobago instigating environmental education; a year in Japan teaching English through the JET Program; some time working on permaculture farms in Hawaii; and several other volunteer positions. These diverse experiences have given her much to reflect upon.
Ashlie Denton
Ashlie (IGERT Fellow) is a third-year PhD student at PSU in Public Affairs and Policy. Her primary research interest is in transnational environmental governance networks in the Pacific Islands. She spent one month this summer in Samoa and Fiji evaluating the network of government, nonprofit, and private sector organizations that are involved in environmental governance across national boundaries. Ashlie is analyzing the collaboration, information, resources, and discourse within the network in order to better understand where the Pacific has succeeded, and where there is room to grow. Ashlie also looks to other boundaries for her work—geographical, political, human/nonhuman, public/private—to see how knowledge is created and valued, and how perception translates into behavior. Other recent work has included survey research of private landowner environmental behavior in the Johnson Creek watershed, historic analysis of ecosystem services narrative in the transformation of Youngs Bay socionature, as well as exploration of restoration values and strategies overall.
Cody Evers
Cody (IGERT Fellow) is an environmental social scientist pursuing his doctorate in the Earth Ecosystems and Society program at PSU, beginning Fall 2014. He is interested in researching the interaction of coupled natural and human ecosystems at a regional scale. His work is conducted by linking social and physical models to GIS systems, either using 'off-the-shelf' packages or as 'developed-from-scratch' for a specific need.
Daniel Larson
Daniel (IGERT Fellow) is a geographer with an interest in how urban areas utilize freshwater ecosystem services. As an undergraduate, Daniel studied archaeology at University of California, Santa Barbara. Daniel worked at a few environmental consulting firms in Sacramento, California before returning to pursue a Masters degree in Geography with an emphasis in Environmental Policy and Planning at California State University, Chico. While at Chico, Daniel worked as a GIS Research Assistant at the CSU Chico Research Foundation Geographical Information Center. He also performed restoration research at the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve. In graduate school Daniel developed a keen interest in the emerging ecosystem service paradigm. Daniel's thesis research used the InVEST model to assess how a large wildfire influenced freshwater ecosystem services for urban consumers. The research evolved into a sensitivity analysis of the model itself. Daniel learned that an increased emphasis must be placed on the methodological rigor for ecosystem service tools and research. After finishing at CSU Chico, Daniel held a summer research position at the University of California Bren School of Environmental Science. Daniel designed urban development scenarios for the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board and modeled how different growth patterns would affect water quality in the Malibu Creek Watershed. Daniel has a passion for researching the linkages between rural ecosystems and urban centers.
Anandi van Diepen-Hedayat
Anandi (IGERT Fellow) is a multi-method social scientist. She has previously conducted research at the intersection of environmental policy and ethnic studies: one on herbicide pollution in forested Native American homelands and another on adaptation planning surrounding farmworkers' exposure to extreme heat. Anandi's employment background includes teaching, editing, and writing. Her methodological training includes ethnography, statistics, and program evaluation.
Michael Weisdorf
Michael (IGERT Fellow) is a third degree scholar at Portland State University, where he has pursued degrees in Social Science (B.S.), Systems Science (M.S.), and now Urban Studies (Ph.D.) Focused on the intersection of ecological and economic systems, his work throughout has aspired to a broader understanding of the economic life process as a complex of forms of human ecological behavior. His transdisciplinary approach emphasizes the application of natural science methods and perspectives to subjects typically associated with social science and economics. His work at the School of the Environment concerns modeling the interface between terrestrial ecology and political economy, drawing insight from such fields as ecological economics, political psychology, theory of games, and complex systems. His PhD project will build on that foundation by developing empirical methods for applying the model to the study of the urban superorganism and its behavioral ecology.
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Manar Alattar
Manar (Associate IGERT Fellow) is a biologist and environmental scientist interested in community engagement in sustainable behaviors like composting. She graduated with a B.S. in Biology and Psychology in 2008 followed by an M.S. in Biology with a graduate certificate in sustainability. After teaching biology for three years at Portland Community College, she decided to come back to school for a PhD in Environmental Sciences. Manar's PhD research focuses on community involvement and curriculum development around food diversion and composting. Manar is also the food diversion coordinator in the Campus Sustainability Office on campus.
Amy Ehrhart
Amy (Associate IGERT Fellow) is interested in the many ways that humans interact with and depend on coastal ecosystems. She has always felt a deep connection with and appreciation for the ocean and loves sharing this passion with others. Amy received her B.S. in Biology with an emphasis in Zoology from Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah. At SUU, her research investigated the effects of food limitation on stinging cell production in the Glass Anemone (Aiptasia pallida). After receiving her degree, Amy spent four years working at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Salt Lake City where she developed and taught inquiry-based programs for public school students on local and marine ecosystems and human impacts on the environment.
Erin Looper
Erin (IGERT Fellow) is a biogeochemist interested in the influence of microbial community dynamics on ecosystem function. Erin graduated from Indiana University in 2012 with a B.S. in Environmental Science. Erin's undergraduate thesis at IU investigated the fate and transport of pharmaceutical compounds in a rural Indiana stream downstream of a wastewater treatment plant. In 2014, Erin completed her Masters research at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she investigated the influence of stormwater management practices on nitrogen biogeochemistry in urban streams and how biological function in these urban streams changed in response to flooding disturbances. This research was supported by an NSF grant that convened an interdisciplinary, international research team to investigate urban stormwater management across multiple perspectives. Through this research, Erin developed a passion for understanding the dynamics of ecosystem processes in response to urbanization.
Bruce Marron
Bruce (IGERT Fellow) is committed to human and environmental health and justice and has selected public service as the mechanism to realize that commitment professionally. He holds an MS in chemistry from New Mexico Tech and an MS in systems science from PSU. A former dairy farmer, in the 1990s Bruce worked as an environmental scientist and regulatory compliance specialist under RCRA (supporting the regulatory compliance activities surrounding transuranic mixed waste at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Idaho National Laboratory, and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant) and under NEPA (supporting public and private projects requiring environmental assessment). In the 2000s Bruce taught chemistry, general science, and math for Portland Public Schools. Since 2004, Bruce has been engaged in the research and the direct application of sustainable agricultural practices. He attended Oregon State University's Summer Agricultural Institute; completed an internship in ecological sanitation with SARAR Transformación in Tepoztlán, Mexico, and completed the Graduate Certificate in Sustainability at PSU. In 2013 Bruce and Dr. Leoplodo Rodriguez founded a 501(c)(3) nonprofit consulting organization ("Re-Generar") to support sustainable development projects and in 2014 Bruce was contracted by the Oregon Environmental Council to evaluate the status of the reactive nitrogen in Oregon that is generated from agricultural activities.
Zuriel Rasmussen
Zuriel (ISS Fellow) is a geographer/environmental psychologist studying the role of citizen science in urban nature research and education. Zuriel graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, where she received her B.A. in psychology with an emphasis on biological and evolutionary psychology. After Berkeley, Zuriel worked as a researcher at the Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU).
Nick Turman-Bryant
Nick (IGERT Fellow) will be pursuing a PhD in Systems Science at Portland State University. He recently finished an interdisciplinary degree in energy, technology, and policy from Humboldt State University, where he was able to unabashedly indulge his love of engineering, environmental science, economics, and social science. Nick's research has focused on multi-tiered sustainable energy access strategies for off-grid households, and he gets particularly excited about small solar lamps that are less expensive, less harmful, and less polluting than kerosene. Before graduate school, Nick worked for eight years with a non-profit in Washington State and Honduras called Tierra Nueva. Nick helped coordinate several income-generating enterprises and also managed a five-acre organic farm.
Erin Upton
Erin (IGERT Fellow) grew up in Oregon's verdant Willamette Valley. She is deeply influenced by the landscape of her childhood, in addition to a decade living in the vibrant, urban environments of New York City and Vancouver, BC. She earned a BA in International Studies and French from the University of Oregon and a Masters in Landscape Architecture from the University of British Columbia. Erin has been exploring the influence of place on people for years. After her graduate studies she worked as a landscape architect in the NYC-based firm Dirtworks. Erin specialized in restorative and healing design in healthcare settings. Her designs were influenced by the principles of environmental psychology, therapeutic horticulture, and universal accessibility. Her projects were complex and rewarding, and they motivated her to expand her exploration of people and landscape beyond the realm of the design world.


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Made this guy but I don't think it will work because of the complexity. Still had fun and still have many more to come.
Also, I purposely place 2013 twice in the design because I can.
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New Waterford Girl
- Studio: Alliance Atlantis Communications
- Release Date: Jul 26, 2000
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Balaban and Nairn are radiant, with none of the mannerisms that so often make Hollywood actresses look like Stepford teens.
Under the direction of Allan Moyle ("Pump up the Volume"), Nairn, McCarthy and Balaban give confident, believable performances but overacting plagues the rest of the cast.
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Universal acclaim- based on 45 Ratings
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MR.Sep 9, 2007Great portayal of growing up in small town Cape Breton.
SueG.Apr 26, 2007I love this movie...and watch every time it's on cable.Does anyone know where I can find the soundtrack...I really enjoyed the music.
PhilipB.Sep 25, 2006Having been raised in an Irish Catholic community near the ocean, this movie rang true in depicting the culture as I experienced it. The Having been raised in an Irish Catholic community near the ocean, this movie rang true in depicting the culture as I experienced it. The music, the views of the older people, and the desperate desire of some young people, such as I once was, to experience the larger world, while others will remain in the community forever. My children are growing up in a a different place, in a different state, and a different world. This recreates so much of what once was for them and, at the same time, is a warm, funny, affectionate, and smart view of female adolescence and the ways of my people in small communities. I don't believe the view is too cute, but instead portrays the charm, wit, superstitions, love of music, and the bizarre mix of ignorance and intelligence that was part of my growing up.… Full Review »


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Could you lovelies keep my sister and her family in your thoughts/prayers/ whatever you do tonight?
Her DS is only 7 weeks old, he tested positive for RSV earlier today and he is very sick. They are at the emergency room right now, those are the only details I have. We are miles and miles away and there is nothing I can do to help her, and it fucking sucks.


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Angela Jeffers
May you transfer, Elener VunCannon, to me, please. She is my 3x's great grandma.
Thank you in advance.
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on Jun 13, 2016 7:49 PM
Mary Woodburn Rossom
One of my sources is the Rankin-Wharton Genealogy. Mary's mother was a Rankin.
Mary's first husband was Frank Andrew. Her second husband was Robert Rossom.
In the family bible at the NC archives, she is listed as Mary Ann Leuzy Woodburn. But I was unable to find out anything else about her until I was able to get a copy of the family genealogy.
In the 1850 census, Tennyson is listed mistakenly as Henderson. Mary Ann is listed as one of the three oldest children after Thomas Monroe and William Allen.
Thanks for all of your help updating these.
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RE: Anna Oesterlein
Thanks for the quick reply! I'll get to work on contacting the other people, so eventually you should see the links to the single Anna disappear. The other Anna, the one who married Mattheus Oesterlein, is the sister of one of my ancestors, so that's my interest in this family.
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The name on the Find-A-Grave Memorial currently reads "Robert Theodore Hine"; however, on closer inspection of the stone his name is "Hubert Theodore Hine". He was my paternal grandmother's brother and I have a listing of all of her sibling's names. If you would not mind changing the name on the memorial, I would very much appreciate it.
Thank you.
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They are now. Or when edit is accepted.
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I agree that Philipp's grave doesn't have such working, but check the one listed above. That is where I found it.
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Philipp & Marie had 11 children together, there were no half siblings. If you need more information, I'll share my book.
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Henry Nelson Spottswood # 46355774
Your memorial for him states that he is in Rock Creek Cemetery, DC.
The obit said the the interment was private and I can not find him in the online interment database for Rock Creek.
His wife is buried in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Is it possible that he is also at Fort Lincoln and not at Rock Creek?
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Please let me know if/how you are related to Celia. I am seldom finding anyone related to my GGM [Mary Ann]. Celia was her older sister.
Thank you for creating the memorial. It's lovely.
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Requires a 12 volt battery for starting, sold separately. This item can only be shipped within the 48 contiguous states via Standard Ground Shipping. In order to return this item for a refund or replacement, all fuel must first be drained.
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Perfect for Home Emergency Power
I bought this generator to power my home in a power outage. I need to run a well as well as the freezer, refrig. lights, etc. This Predator is perfect for my...Read complete review
I bought this generator to power my home in a power outage. I need to run a well as well as the freezer, refrig. lights, etc. This Predator is perfect for my needs - it plugs straight into my 200A panel via a manual lock out switch, and gives me surprising capacity and versatility. (It'll even run the central air if I shut other breakers off.)But know what you are getting. This one is REALLY HEAVY - even with the wheel kit it's no fun to haul around. And the noise level listing will deceive you; compared to the Predator 3500, or the Honda I use with my RV, this one is pretty loud.And one con: The battery needed is not that easy to find - you will not find the recomended 12V, 9AH around anywhere with the correct terminals. Look for a 12V, 12AH with 1/4" terminals online; the one I got starts this one fine. (Prepare for sticker shock with the battery needed - it's more than what you pay for a lawn tractor battery.)Overall, The Predators hit a home run everytime. This is my second, and I'll never go back to "name brand" again!
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I purchased this brand new from Harbor Freight on Black Friday. I took it out of the box in January, and followed the directions. After I added the brand new fuel and brand...Read complete review
I purchased this brand new from Harbor Freight on Black Friday. I took it out of the box in January, and followed the directions. After I added the brand new fuel and brand new oil, my son and I tried the recoil method to start it. We finally got it started, and it died after just a few seconds, before I could even move the throttle from CHOKE to RUN.We tried several times, with the throttle in different positions, and even got a battery to make it easier on us. Today was a record, with over a minute of run time, where normally it is less than 20 seconds. I see that other generators have defects and operators are suggested to loosen the gas cap. Possibly this might be a solution, but I wouldn't want to do that with rain or snow coming down.I'll be glad to change my rating once I get a solution. I am not about to drain the gas and oil out, give myself a hernia hauling it back, just to be told to loosen the gas cap.
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By PHIL
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About Me Casual Do-It-Yourselfer
Comments about Predator Generators 8750 Peak/7000 Running Watts, 13 HP (420cc) Generator CARB:
I bought this for my home, In winter, I can run my pellet stove along with just about everything in my house including all of my lights & my 220 well pump. in the summer I can run my central A/C unit along with everything I need. This generator is one of the most trusted tools we own, we lose power often,it starts on 1st pull every time.I didn't buy a battery for it because it's so easy to start. We have peace of mind. The cons. I bought the wheel kit, its not that great so I put it on a wagon,its heavy & a little loud but im in the country with no neighbors so close to be concerned. REMEMBER TO KEEP FRESH OIL IN THIS & IT WILL TREAT YOU RIGHT.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Great generator
By Gracie the wonderdog
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It took me a long time to find this generator because I need to have one over 8,000 watts to use for our water pump. We live in Cobb mountain where the Valley fire was and I was in the Bayarea visiting my mom when the fire hit. You were the only stores within miles to carry such a large generator without haveing to order it. It worked perfectly for our needs. Your store associates in Hayward could not have been more helpful.
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By JimBob
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Bought this just after Thanksgiving holiday. My primarily use is for my home. Love having electric start. May install a remote start for easy starting since its getting a lot of use. The only down fall was finding a battery with same hook up. I just used one from my riding lawn mower. I also had to buy separately a wheel kit. They also sold them, so got a good deal. Overall Im very happy with my purchase.
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This is the 3rd generator I have purchased for back-up power for my home, vacation property, and my parents home. of the 3, this is the most powerful and quiet than the others. My lawn tractor makes more noise than this generator. I am so happy that I may just buy another to replace a 6500 watt Homelite, that is really loud.
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Purchased based on previous reviews, while not available after Sandy, did finally get one. Read instruction carefully to find the right battery, especially measure the battery base for fitting. Several great points: good instructions on frame for operation, ease of use with electric starter. It is recommended that you pull the starter cord a couple of times before the electric starter to get the gas in place, oops, mine started on the second pull!!!While it is loud, the exhaust port is small (appox. 1" dia), I will be finding an extension or something to quiet the noise a tad. Provided great and consistent power during recent outages from the snowstorms. Forget the wheel kit, make a dolly, at 192lbs dry, a 4 wheel dolly with locking caster wheels makes moving a ton easier!! Cost-several hundreds less than the major stores. Prepare and get one!
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Got this upgrade from the 3200W model. First start took one pull. The noise is not as bad as it sounds. It is slightly louder than the 3200W. Very happy with it. For the price and watt rating, you simply can not beat it. I can purchase 4 of this instead of one Honda. I also got one year of insurance for it too.
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By Maddog
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Purchased this unit as a replacement for a 16 year old unit. Assemblied and serviced unit, pulled twice and it started and ran flawlessly. Checked generator frequency and voltages under load and both were right on. Ran unit 3 hours unloaded for break in and changed oil. It is now ready for service when needed. Ordered spare parts as insurance incase there is a problem during a power outage. Better to have parts that are never needed than to need parts that you don't have during a power outage. Support staff was knowledgeable and ready to help.
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Used this generator for almost 2 straight weeks due to sandy destroying our town. Wired it right into my Panel, we were able to run the hole house as if we never lost power. We had 2 fridges on ran heat, microwave, washer and dryer, 2 Tvs ofee pot and so on. I cant say enough about how great it ran. Make sure you replace the oil as called for.
not a bad generator
By zachary
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experiencing a extended blackout in the mountains i needed to keep the food frozen and run the well pump. i put the wheel kit on and installed the high altitude jet that came with it (im at 8300 feet). wired it in to the breaker filled it with oil and fuel then she fired right up. it been running for several hours nonstop now with out issue. its running the well pump and electric water heater with out complaint. i would say the one thing i dont like is this thing is loud! its running at 89 db constantly.
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The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (Paperback)
Here, for the first time, is the private and most intimate correspondence of one of America's most influential and incisive journalists--Hunter S. Thompson. In letters to a Who's Who of luminaries from Norman Mailer to Charles Kuralt, Tom Wolfe to Lyndon Johnson, William Styron to Joan Baez--not to mention his mother, the NRA, and a chain of newspaper editors--Thompson vividly catches the tenor of the times in 1960s America and channels it all through his own razor-sharp perspective. Passionate in their admiration, merciless in their scorn, and never anything less than fascinating, the dispatches of The Proud Highway offer an unprecedented and penetrating gaze into the evolution of the most outrageous raconteur/provocateur ever to assault a typewriter.
About the Author
Hunter S. Thompson was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. His books include "Hell's Angels", "Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone", "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72", "The Rum Diary", and "Better than Sex". He died in February 2005.
Patricia Daniels is an author and editor for National Geographic who has written, edited, or contributed to books on history, science, and geography, most recently the "National Geographic Encyclopedia of Space." She lives in State College, Pennsylvania.
Stephen G. Hyslop has been a writer and editor for Time-Life Books and National Geographic, as well as author of "Bound for Santa Fe" and "Chroniclers of Indian Life." He lives in Virginia.
Douglas G. Brinkley is the director of the Theodore Roosevelt Center for American Civilization and Professor of History at Tulane University. He authored two "New York Times" Best Sellers: "Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War" and "Voices of Valor: D-Day; June 6, 1944." He is the official historian for "NBC News." Dr. Brinkley is contributing editor for the "Los Angeles Times Book Review" and "American Heritage" and a contributor to the "New York Times"and "The New Yorker."


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WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton's split with President Barack Obama over a foreign policy "organizing principle" isn't likely to be the last time differences emerge between the two. How she handles those breaks could be among her biggest challenges to a successful run for president in 2016.
While Obama and Clinton share similar views in many areas, the former first lady's interview with The Atlantic offered her most significant break with her onetime campaign rival.
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Video: Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello Perform Van Halen's "Jump"
Last night, April 6, Bruce Springsteen opened his set at the March Madness Music Festival in Dallas by covering Van Halen's 1984 hit "Jump."
Along for the ride was Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello, who played Eddie Van Halen's guitar solo. Unfortunately, the video below doesn't show any of Morello's solo (We hope to find a more complete version of the clip).
Morello is an official member of Springsteen's band on this tour.
Longtime Springsteen guitarist Steven Van Zandt was not at the show, which has led to some online speculation about the cause of his absence. Care to speculate?


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First U.S. Death Related to Zika Virus Reported
A Puerto Rican man in his 70s who died from complications of the Zika virus was the first case of his kind in the U.S., The New York Times first reported on Friday.
A Puerto Rican man in his 70s who died from complications of the Zika virus was the first case of his kind in the U.S., The New York Times first reported on Friday.
Currently, there is no treatment for Zika, the virus that has become an epidemic throughout Latin America and infected over 100 Americans. But that could change soon.
Both American Samoa and Hawaii have taken official measures to curb potential Zika virus outbreaks, which are among the first meaningful efforts at combatting the mosquito-borne virus in the United States.
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Dude! What a shitty garbage year this has been. I mean, pretty much every year in the history of years has been a shitty garbage year — "happiness" is really just a euphemism for "successful garbage mitigation" — but 2012 has been particularly gross in a lot of ways. Half the country thinks rape is hilarious.…
Huang Yu-yen of Taiwan won $3,000 for catching about four million mosquitoes in a month in a contest held by an insect trap manufacturing company. Her catch weighed 3lbs 5oz and may earn her a Guinness World Record.
The NY Times tackles the question and finds: not really. While there's some evidence that mosquitoes are attracted to estrogen, there's more evidence that they just go for surface area, giving men the, um, edge. They also dig sweat. [NYT]
A new study found that mosquitoes are really into beer. The malaria-carriers seek out victims who have been drinking, which lead the authors of the study to conclude that "beer consumption is a risk factor for malaria." [BoingBoing]


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"Silicon Valley" - it's easy to forget this area's role as California's first premium wine production region - the Santa Clara Valley. Native Americans named it "the Valley of the Heart's Delight." French and Italian immigrants who settled here during the Gold Rush era recognized the rich soils and Mediterranean climate as the perfect New World home for their European grape varietals. And so it begins...
The history of winemaking and viticulture in the Santa Clara Valley goes back to the 18th Century. From the discovery of native "Vitis Californica" grapes growing wild and the first plantings of Mission grapes at the Santa Clara Mission in 1798, through boom years and depression, phylloxera and prohibition, the region has some of the richest tradition of anywhere in the country.
There are more than several of our wineries, still in operation, that have celebrated or will soon celebrate their 100th year anniversary of producing and selling wine.
Our oldest winery is Morgan Hill Cellars which celebrated their 100-year anniversary in 2013, after being owned by three consecutive Italian families: the Colombano's, the Pedrizzetti's and now, the Sampognaro's. The winery was founded in 1913 by Camillo Colombano, an Italian immigrant, after he smuggled Barbera rootstock hidden inside his boots with the purpose of starting a vineyard. When Camillo retired in 1945, he sold his winery to John Pedrizzetti, also an Italian immigrant and a local farmer who renamed it Pedrizzetti Winery. And then in 2006, when the Pedrizzetti family was ready to retire, they sold the winery to Mike and Maryclaire Sampognaro, the current owners.
The history of Ross Vineyards and Winery dates back to 1915 when Joseph and Josephine Coffe, French immigrants, purchased a 300-acre ranch in the Paradise Valley region of Morgan Hill, along Llagas Creek, which is now Chesbro Reservoir. On this ranch, Joseph Coffe planted 40 acres of wine grapes for winemaking at his successful business, "The Wine Depot" in downtown San Jose. It was their grandson, Alphonse Jr., Pauchon, who persuaded the new owners of the ranch, Judy and Jerry Ross, to replant grapevines in 1999. All of the original ranch buildings and farming equipment are still there on the ranch. Wine tasting takes place in the old barn held together by square nails and with the original horse tack hanging from the rafters.
Kirigin Cellars was originally founded by an Italian immigrant, named Pietro Bonesio in 1916. Pietro started Uvas Winery on a piece of land called Rancho Solis in Gilroy. In 1932 Pietro turned the winery over to his three sons Louis, Victor and Charlie and the winery was renamed, Bonesio Brothers. When the Bonesios' retired in 1976, they sold the winery to Nikola Kirigin-Chargin, a winemaker from Croatia. Nikola renamed the winery Kirigin Cellars and made high quality wine until he too, retired and sold the winery. The current owner, Dhruv Khanna, purchased the winery in 2000 and restored much of the 48 ½ acres back to its former glory. The Bonesio's original home built in the early 1900's and made from timber hauled from Mount Madonna, is a historical landmark, still on the property.
After Alfonso Bertero emigrated here from Turin, Italy, he founded the Bertero Winery in 1917. Alfonso sold wine for religious purposes during Prohibition, but soon turned to bootlegging after realizing how profitable it was. Wanting to show off his new-found wealth, he built a home with crushed abalone shells on the outside walls so that it would sparkle in the sunlight. This home is still standing next to the winery and visible from the roadside. The winery was sold to David and Valerie Vanni in 1989 and was re-named Rancho de Solis (Solis Winery) –in reference to an 1830's Mexican land grant, west of Gilroy. When the Vanni's retired, they passed the winery to their two sons, Michael and Vic.
The Guglielmo Winery holds the distinction of being the oldest, continuously operated family winery in Santa Clara Valley. Emilio and Emilia Guglielmo came to America in 1909 and after toiling and saving for 15 years they founded Emilio Guglielmo Winery. During the Prohibition years between 1920 and 1933, it was illegal to make or sell alcohol except in small quantities for home use or for religious purposes. A trap door, located beneath Emilio's bedroom floor, led to a secret cellar which held several tanks of wine. Emilio supplied his family, the Church and even an elected official or two. The winery was passed down to Emilio's son, George and then again, to George's three sons: George E., Gene and Gary who own and operate the winery today.
With the rise of Silicon Valley, farmland gave way to technology parks, housing and shopping malls. Well known,respected wineries such as Mirassou and Almadén were sold and their old vineyards torn up and subdivided. In much of the county its viticultural history is represented by little more than street names and historical markers. Winegrowing continued in the south of the county; around Hecker Pass and Watsonville Road a number of family owned wineries continued to produce wines, mostly for local consumption.
Rapazzini Winery was opened in 1962 by Jon Rapazzini at the intersection of Highways 101 and 25 just south of Gilroy California. Winemaking is under the direction of Chef Alex Larson, a graduate of the California Culinary Academy. Alex and his brother, Charlie, run the day to day operations and produce a variety of sparkling, varietal and fruit wines, including Garlic Wine.
The Cassa Brothers winery which had operated from 1948 to 1969 was bought by the Fortino family. Brothers Ernest and Mario came to America from Italy in 1959 and together founded the Fortino Winery in 1970. Two years later, Mario established the Hecker Pass winery a short distance up the road. In 1978, the Fortino Winery was one of the first wineries in California to establish a wine club.
Thomas Kruse, a seller of home winemaking supplies, launched his eponymous winery in 1971 and stayed in business until his retirement in 2014. Tom was a well-respected winemaker, making sparkling wine by the traditional method or méthode champenoise and was well known for helping other small vineyards and wineries get started.
Since 1908 when the original ancestors planted the first orchards in the Pacheco Valley, Casa de Fruta, is a true American success story that blossomed from the roots of an immigrant Italian. In the 1940's three teenaged brothers, George, Joseph and Eugene Zanger, opened a cherry stand on the Pacheco Pass Highway. Zanger Vineyards produces classic Cabernet and fruit wines.
School teachers Terry and Mary Kay Parks founded the Sycamore Creek winery (BW 4759) in 1976. Some of their early vintages were exceptional, with their 1978 Cabernet Sauvignon still being in fine condition 30 years later.
Sarah's Vineyard (BW 4868) was established by Marilyn "Sarah" Clark in 1978. An enigmatic woman, she reputedly took the name Sarah from the previous owner of the property. She was also known as Marilyn Otteman, though it's unclear whether she was ever married. Her first vintages were made with purchased grapes, and then in 1980 she began planting Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
In 1987 the historic Almadén vineyard was sold to a development company. The vineyards south of Blossom Hill Road are now a housing community. Little remains of the old winery save for one brick building which housed the original wine making and storage rooms and few token grapevines planted in a park.
The area's resurgence gained pace in 1989.
The key event was the designation of a distinct American Viticultural Area, or AVA; prior to this the region's wines were typically labeled 'Central Coast' or 'Santa Clara County'. Gene Guglielmo, grandson of winery founder Emilio, researched and filed the petition, and on March 28th 1989 the Santa Clara Valley AVA was finally declared. It encompasses an area of over 300,000 acres within Santa Clara County and included all the existing wineries in the area not currently part of an AVA, as well as several notable vineyards, such as the Vanumanutagi, Dorcich and Wiedeman vineyards.
The first new vineyard to be planted within the newly formed AVA was the 20 acre Mannstand vineyard. For the first two harvests the fruit was all sold to Storrs in Santa Cruz. Then in 1996 the owners began wine production under the Mann Cellars label.
In 1893, school-teachers, David and Sophia Garrod, emigrated with three small children from England to the U.S. and purchased their first ten acres of fruit orchards in the Valley of Hearts Delight. In the sixties and seventies, when Santa Clara Valley farming transitioned to the central valley, the Garrod orchards were replaced with riding stables and then vineyards at their Saratoga location. In 1994, the ranch became a blend of trail rides, picnics and wine tasting when the Cooper-Garrod tasting room was opened.
Passed down through six generations of the same family and for over 150 years, Fernwood Cellars is situated on the oldest, continuously owned property among all the existing wineries in the Santa Clara Valley. The Oettinger family opened Fernwood Cellars in 1999 on land his great-great grandfather settled on in 1863, when it was known as Pleasant Valley (now Gilroy). Fernwood Cellars resides on Redwood Retreat Road – the same road his ancestors built and conducted séances at their famous hotel, Redwood Retreat Hotel, in the early 1900's. Matt and Tiffany Oetinger manage the vineyard as well as the nearby Vanumanutagi Vineyard.
Further down the same road, Dan & Therese Martin began planting Cabernet Sauvignon and other varieties on their 17 acres in 1993. Later bonded as Martin Ranch Winery, their first commercial release was in 2002 with the introduction of labels J.D. Hurley and Therese Vineyards wines.
1999 saw the beginning of one of the most ambitious new plantings in the area when Bill and Brenda Murphy acquired 150 acres in San Martin around Corde Valle golf course and resort and opened Clos LaChance Winery.
That same year Marilyn Clark, owner of Sarah's Vineyard, wanted to retire. Before selling her winery, Marilyn spent the night in a tepee to consult the spirits about selling to Tim Slater, a suitor for the property. By morning she had her answer and Tim became the new owner of Sarah's Vineyard. Tim began a program of investment, refurbishing the vineyards and specializing in Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Rhone varietals.
Stephen Dorcich has been farming around 80 acres near Uvas Creek for many years, selling the fruit to several local wineries. In 2007 he entered a partnership with winemaker Jason Goelz, who had been producing wines under the Sapid label. The result of this partnership is Jason Stephens, with a wide distribution across the U.S.
At around 1 million cases annually, the valley's largest winery currently operating is J. Lohr, although they do not grow or source any fruit within the valley. The company farms around 3000 acres, mainly in Arroyo Seco, Paso Robles and Napa Valley; their products range from inexpensive, mass-produced supermarket bottlings to highly regarded vineyard designate wines.
The early 2000's brought Castillo's Hillside Shire Winery owned by Jess and Roni Jo Castillo. It's a family-affair with their son, Nate, managing the vineyard and tasting room and their daughter Vivienne, designing their labels and entertaining the crowds that visit their unique, European styled tasting room.
An increasing number of smaller vineyards have been planted in the AVA in recent years, with labels such as Creekview Vineyards, owned by Greg Peterson and Aver Family, owned by John and Caroline Aver, being produced under 'custom crush' agreements at larger premises. Other newer wineries started by engineers from Silicon Valley, include Lightheart Cellars and Satori Cellars. Lightheart Cellars, a small estate winery in San Martin, is owned by Sheldon Haynie and Jane Mika-Haynie. Satori Cellars is owned by Tom and Sandy Moller who planted their first vineyard on about 20 acres of their property in 2000.
The Santa Clara Valley continues to draw new wineries including two in South East Gilroy: Sunlit Oaks Winery opened in 2013 by John and Rita Grogan. Four new wineries opened in 2015: Stefania Wine owned by Stefania and Paul Romero opened in Gilroy and three others opened in San Martin: Miramar Vineyards owned by Ed Castro, Seeker Vineyard- owned by Karen Seeker and Lion Ranch Vineyards and Winery owned by Kim & Todd Engelhardt.
As the AVA celebrates the quarter century mark, the valley's winemakers and grape growers continue to maintain the traditions of Charles Lefranc, Paul Masson, Peter Mirassou and Mario Gemello in producing some of the finest wines in the country.
For more information on the early history of the Santa Clara Valley see the book Like Modern Edens: Winegrowing in Santa Clara Valley and Santa Cruz Mountains 1798-1981 by Charles L. Sullivan (1982) and The Wineries of Santa Clara Valley by Bev Stenehjem (2015).