Cooperative Extension Service Departments
Forest Resources
Principal Faculty
Dr. Richard Kluender, Dean/ Director/Arkansas Forest Resource Center
School of Forest Resources
Box 3468 110 University Ct
Monticello, AR 71656
Phone 870-460-1052 Fax: 870-460-1092
Email Kluender@mont.edu
Dr. Jon Barry, Assistant Professor – Forestry
Date of Employment: January 01, 2006
Southwest Research & Extension Center 362 Hwy 174 North Hope, AR 71801
Phone 870-777-9702 ext.112 Fax: 870-777-8447 Email
jbarry@uaex.edu
General Program Area: Forest management
Priority Programs: Silviculture;
Kyle Cunningham, Instructor - Forestry
Date of Employment: April 15,
2004
P. O. Box 391, Little Rock, AR 72203 Phone 501-671-2145 Fax 501-671-2110 Email
kcunningham@uaex.edu
General Program Area: General forest management and regeneration and
management of hardwood forests. Responsible for implementing forest
education programs targeting 4H and other youths.
Priority Programs: Emphasis in upland hardwood management.
Leslie H. Gall, Extension Specialist - Natural Resources
Date of
Employment: June 17, 1996
No. 1 Four-H Way, Little Rock, AR 72223 Phone 501-821-6884 Fax 501-821-1170 Email
lgall@uaex.edu
General Program Area: 4-H Environmental Education.
Priority Programs: Teaches youth about water, wildlife, forestry,
geology, and aquatics through 4-H RES-Q; coordinates and organizes
competition; provides counties with training materials and assistance;
provides leadership for 4-H Fishing Education; and coordinates training
adult leaders.
Caroll W. Guffey, Jr., Extension Associate - Forestry
Date of Employment: January 1, 19999
P. O. Box 3468, Monticello, AR 71656 Phone 870-460-1549 Fax 870-460-1092 Email
guffey@uamont.edu
General Program Area: Forest Resource Continuing Education.
Priority Programs: Development and coordination of continuing
education programs for foresters and other natural resource
professionals.
Suzanne Smith Hirrel, Extension Specialist - Waste Management
Date
of Employment: March 01, 1992
P. O. Box 391, Little Rock, AR 72203 Phone 501-671-2288 Fax 501-671-2110 Email
shirrel@uaex.edu
General Program Area: Integrated Solid Waste Management - including
recycling, source reduction, waste reduction illegal dumping, large and
small scale composting, and environmental education.
Priority Programs: Backyard Composting, recycling and solid waste
management education including workshops, teacher and leader training.
Rebecca Jean McPeake, Ph.D., Extension Specialist - Wildlife
Date
of Employment: January 15, 1998
P. O. Box 391, Little Rock, AR 72203 Phone 501-671-2285 - Fax 501-671-2110 Email
rmcpeake@uaex.edu
General Program Area: Wildlife habitat management and income
opportunities on private lands, fish and wildlife education for youth
and adults, citizen participation and conflict resolution in natural
resource decisions and policy, wildlife damage management.
Priority Programs: Managing pastures and woodlands for wildlife,
establishing wildlife food plots, Farm Bill Conservation Title Programs,
backyard wildlife habitat, addressing wildlife problems in urban and
rural environments, hunting leases, application of G.P.S. in natural
resources, facilitate meetings involving natural resource issues and
concerns, 4-H Fishing Education Program, 4-H Wildlife Habitat Evaluation
Program.
Dr. David W. Patterson, Wood Products Research Professor
Date of
Employment: 1997
P. O. Box 3468, Monticello, AR 71656 Phone 870-460-1652 Fax 870-460-1092 Email
pattersond@uamont.edu
General Program Area: Forest Products
Priority Programs: Forest products manufacturing and process
evaluation and design, technical assistance to small wood processing
industry, sawmill operations and product marketing.
Rex R. Roberg, Extension Wildlife Management Specialist
Date of
Employment: March 3, 1997
P. O. Box 391, Little Rock, AR 72203 Phone 501-671-2334 Fax 501-671-2110 Email
rroberg@uaex.edu
General Program Area: Watershed Management, Fish and Wildlife
Issues/Management.
Priority Programs: Shooting Sports, Managing Rice for Ducks, Acres
for Wildlife.
Chris Stuhlinger, University System Forest Manager
Box 3468, 110 University Court , Monticello , AR 71656 Phone 870-460-1749 Fax 870-460-1092 Email
stuhlinger@uamont.edu
General Program Area: Management of the University of Arkansas
forests (almost 14,000 acres statewide), forest resource education.
Priority Programs: Forest management; establish forest
resource-related demonstration areas, coordinate forestry field days.
Tamara L. Walkingstick, Ph.D., Associate Center Director/Associate
Professor/ Extension Forester
Date of Employment: September 3, 1996
P. O. Box 391, Little Rock, AR 72203 Phone 501-671-2346 Fax 501-671-2110 Email
twalkingstick@uaex.edu
General Program Area: Resource person for Cooperative Extension
Service agents, with an emphasis on private landowner information needs.
Organizes and interprets forest management information for Arkansans.
Assists in 4-H programs related to forestry and the environment.
Develops educational materials directed toward private forest
landowners.
Priority Programs: Forest Management, Social and Community Forestry,
Youth Environmental Education, Best Management Practices, Coordinator
for Southern Region Master Tree Farmer Landowner Short Course.
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