Doug McCreary

Cooperative Extension Specialist
PhD  
  

UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension
8279 Scott Forbes Road
Browns Valley, California 95918
ddmccreary@ucdavis.edu
office: 530-639-8807   lab: 539-639-8807   fax:  530-639-5438

     Recent publications     

Artificial regeneration of native California oaks
Effects of augering and fertilization on blue oaks
Effects of weed control and treeshelters on blue oak field performance
Effect different sizes of treeshelters on growth and survival of blue oaks
How radicle pruning and stock type affect blue oak field performance
Seasonal growth patterns of blue and valley oaks
How lifting date and storage interval affect bareroot oak seedlings
Effects of top pruning on blue oak growth
Field performance of seedlings grown in various-sized containers

Natural Oak Regeneration Under Different Grazing Management Regimes

Agroforestry on hardwood rangelands in California

Riparian Restoration
Effects of fencing and treshelters on establishment of oaks and willows
Use of fencing, restoration planting and stream recontouring on Forbes Creek

McCreary, Douglas D. and Jerry Tecklin. 2001. The effects of different-sized treeshelters on blue oak growth. Western Journal of Applied Forestry 16(4): 153-158.

McCreary, Douglas D. Regenerating Rangeland Oaks in California. 2001.University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Communication Services Publication #21601. 62 pp.

McCreary, Doug. 2001. Effects of Fire on Oaks in the Sierra. 2001. UC Sierra Foothill Research and extension Center Beef & Range Field Day.

McCreary, Doug; Glenn Nader; Ken Tate; Jerry Tecklin; Dave Labadie; and Theresa Ward. 2001. Forbes Creek Revegetation and Erosion Reduction Project. UC Sierra Foothill Research and extension Center Beef Range Field Day.

McCreary, Douglas D. Executive Producer. 2001. UC ANR Communication Services Video on Sudden Oak Death. 29 minutes 30 seconds.

McCreary, Douglas D. 2001. Agroforestry is promising for previously cleared hardwood rangelands. California Agriculture 55(6): 37-41.

McCreary, Douglas D. and Richard Standiford. 2001. Minimizing the impacts of sudden oak death in coastal California. Program and Abstracts for The Wildland-Urban Interface Conference: Sustaining Forests in a Changing Landscape. November 5-8. Gainesville, FL. P.59.

McCreary, Douglas D., Editor. 2001. Proceedings of the Third International Oak Conference. 29-31 Oct., 2000 in Asheville, North Carolina. 118 pp.

McCreary, Douglas D. and Gary Kerr. 2002. A Comparison of the History and Management of Oak Woodlands in Britain and California. Proceedings of the Fifth Oak Symposium: Oaks in California’s Changing Landscape.

Richard B. Standiford, Douglas McCreary and Kathryn L. Purcell, Technical Coordinators. Held Oct. 22-25, 2001 in San Diego, CA. pp. USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station Gen. Tech Rep. PSW-GTR 184. pp. 529-539.

McCreary, Douglas D., Bill Tietje and Bill Frost. 2002. Stump Sprouting of Blue Oaks 10 Years after Harvest. Proceedings of the Fifth Oak Symposium: Oaks in California’s Changing Landscape.

Richard B. Standiford, Douglas McCreary and Kathryn L. Purcell, Technical Coordinators. Held Oct. 22-25, 2001 in San Diego, CA. USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station Gen. Tech Rep. PSW-GTR 184. pp. 573-580.

McCreary, Douglas D., L.R. Costello, Jerry Tecklin, Katherine Jones and David Labadie. 2002. The Effects of Irrigation and Above-Ground Protection on the Field Performance of Three Species of Oaks. 2002. Proceedings of the Fifth Oak Symposium: Oaks in California’s Changing Landscape.

Richard B. Standiford, Douglas McCreary and Kathryn L. Purcell, Technical Coordinators. Held Oct. 22-25, 2001 in San Diego, CA. USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station Gen. Tech Rep. PSW-GTR 184. pp. 387-395.

Standiford, Richard, Douglas McCreary and William Frost. 2002. Modeling the effectiveness of tree planting to mitigate habitat loss in blue oak woodlands. Proceedings of the Fifth Oak Symposium: Oaks in California’s Changing Landscape.

Richard B. Standiford, Douglas McCreary and Kathryn L. Purcell, Technical Coordinators. Held Oct. 22-25, 2001 in San Diego, CA. USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station Gen. Tech Rep. PSW-GTR 184. pp. 591-600.

Horney, Marc, Richard Standiford, Douglas McCreary, Jerry Tecklin and Roy Richards. 2002. Developing a method for predicting mortality effects of wildfire on blue oak. 2002. Proceedings of the Fifth Oak Symposium: Oaks in California’s Changing Landscape.

Richard B. Standiford, Douglas McCreary and Kathryn L. Purcell, Technical Coordinators. Held Oct. 22-25, 2001 in San Diego, CA. USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station Gen. Tech Rep. PSW-GTR 184. pp. 261-267.

Tecklin, Jerry, J. Michael Connor and Douglas D. McCreary. 2002. Rehabilitation of an oak planting project on cleared rangeland using treeshelters and grazing: a ten-year saga (Poster abstract). Proceedings of the Fifth Oak Symposium: Oaks in California’s Changing Landscape.

Richard B. Standiford, Douglas McCreary and Kathryn L. Purcell, Technical Coordinators. Held Oct. 22-25, 2001 in San Diego, CA. USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station Gen. Tech Rep. PSW-GTR 184. pp. 839.

Standiford, Richard B., Douglas McCreary, and Kathryn B. Purcell, Technical Coordinators. 2002. Proceedings of the Fifth Oak Symposium: Oaks in California’s Changing Landscape. Held Oct. 22-25, 2001 in San Diego, CA. USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station Gen. Tech Rep. PSW-GTR 184. 843 p.

McCreary, Douglas D. 2002. Three – panel poster on Sudden Oak Death created for the California Oak Mortality Task Force (COMTF).