UW COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural and Applied Economics

Roger Coupal
Department Head and Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
PhD., Washington State University, 1996
(307) 766-5246
Research:  Natural resource policy and community development.

James J. Jacobs
Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1972
(307)766-8921
e-mail: jjj@uwyo.edu
Research: Management of natural resources with emphasis on the economics of water management practices and policies.

Don McLeod
Associate Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1994
(307)766-3116
e-mail: dmcleod@uwyo.edu
Research: Contingent valuation; travel cost; and risk analysis of recreation, water and land policies as well as agricultural resource policy.

Alan Schroeder
Associate Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics;
Natural Resource Law Specialist
J.D., University of Wyoming, 1977
Ph.D., University of Wyoming, 1982
(307)766-5133
e-mail: conrad@uwyo.edu
Research: Agricultural ethics; conflict resolution in individual and public policy disputes; and negotiation.

David T. Taylor
Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1984
(307)766-5682
e-mail: ttaylor@uwyo.edu
Research: Community economic analysis including tourism, mining, and agriculture; and analysis of the structure and trends of local regional economies.

Renewable Resources

Larry C. Munn
Department Head and Professor of Renewable Resources
Ph.D., Montana State University, 1977
(307)766-2127
Research: The genesis of soils in heterogeneous landscapes of the Rocky Mountains.

Richard A. Olson
Department Head and Professor of Renewable Resources
Ph.D., North Dakota State University
(307)766-6198
e-mail: rolson@uwyo.edu
Research: Applied livestock/wildlife habitat enhancement using a selective herbicide (tebuthiuron) to thin big sagebrush and enhance vegetative diversity for wildlife and livestock use; evaluating mined land reclamation for wildlife habitat quality: identifying wetland island characteristics that enhance waterfowl density and success.

J. Daniel Rodgers
Associate Professor of Renewable Resources
Ph.D., Utah State University, 1980
(307)766-5258
e-mail: drodgers@uwyo.edu
Research: Impacts of large grazing animals, domestic and wildlife, on vegetation communities and associated animals of western rangeland ecosystems.

Quentin D. Skinner
Professor of Renewable Resources
Ph.D., University of Wyoming, 1974
(307) 766-4139
e-mail: qskinner@uwyo.edu
Research: How water dynamics and quality relate to sustainability of grassland and forested ecosystems across semi-arid regions of the United States - research has evaluated how stream systems and adjoining floodplains respond when watersheds are subjected to multiple use; and to better understand water, soil, plant, animal activity, chemical transport, modeling, and climatic effects on watershed rangeland and drastically disturbed ecosystems using instrumented watersheds, field sites and environmental simulation.

Michael A. Smith
Professor of Renewable Resources
Ph.D., Utah State University, 1977
(307)766-2337
e-mail: pearl@uwyo.edu
Research: Plant-animal interactions and the relationship of rangeland forage characteristics to the selection and utilization of habitats by grazing animals; and long-term interactive effects of sagebrush removal on herbage productivity.

George F. Vance
Professor of Renewable Resources
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1989
(307)766-2297
e-mail: gfv@uwyo.edu
Research: Groundwater contamination by inorganic and organic pollutants; chemistry of waste constituents in the soil-plant continuum; selenium chemistry in agricultural, mineland, and military ecosystems; pesticide mobility and fate in semi-arid and arid environments; forest nutrient cycling with particular emphasis on organic forms; and sorption of hazardous organics on organo-clays.

J.W. Waggoner
Associate Professor of Renewable Resources
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1975
(307)766-2365
e-mail: jwags@uwyo.edu
Research: Range livestock production and management; feedlot systems and grazing systems; forage and water quality; grazing behavior; growth-promoting compounds; control of internal and external livestock parasites; management of toxic range plants; and reclaimed mine areas.

Veterinary Science

Todd Cornish
Assistant Professor of Veterinary Science
Ph.D., University of Georgia
(307) 742-6638
Research: Diseases of free-ranging wildlife; diseases at the wildlife/livestock interface.