Dave Shaw

Assistant Professor
Forest Health Specialist, OSU Forestry Extension

B.S., 1977, Northern Arizona University
M.S., 1982, Western Washington University
Ph.D., 1991, University of Washington

Current Curriculum Vitae

Phone: 541-737-2845

Email:

Extension and Outreach:

Workshops and Conferences for 2010

Forest Health in Oregon: State of the State. Feb 24, 25, 2010. La Sells Center, Corvallis, Oregon. Website: http://oregonstate.edu/conferences/foresthealth2010/index.html

Western Hazard Tree Workshop. June 14-16, 2010. Medford, Oregon. Website:

Western International Forest Disease Work Conference. October 4-8, 2010. Valmont, BC, Canada. Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/technology/wif/

Forestry Extension Forest Health Training Programs

County Forestry Faculty
In collaboration with County Forestry Extension Agents, we produce Extension and Continuing Education forest health programming, publications, and landowner training.

Pest Scene Investigators
Pest Scene Investigators is a program for Master Woodland Managers, volunteers who assist County Forestry Faculty in landowner interactions. Paul Oester, NE Oregon Forestry Faculty and I are leading the program with support from the Oregon Forest Resources Institute. We train MWM volunteers in diagnosis of tree health problems and supplement this training with extension publications, MWM Gazette updates, and other resources.

OSU Extension Publications:

EM 8980. Managing Insects and Diseases of Oregon Conifers. Authors: David Shaw, Paul Oester, and Greg Filip. New June 2009, 99 pages.

EC 1607-E, Sudden Oak Death. Author: David Shaw, new June 2007, 2 pages.

EC 1608-E, Stop the spread of Sudden Oak Death. Authors: Ellen M. Goheen, David Shaw, new June 2007, 2 pages.

EC 1615-E, Swiss Needle Cast of Douglas-fir in Oregon. Author: David Shaw, new January 2008. 4 pages.

EC 1619-E, Diseases and Insect Pests of Pacific Madrone. Authors: Max Bennett and David Shaw, new May 2008. 5 pages.

Research 2010

Swiss Needle Cast Foliage Disease of Douglas-fir

• Director, Swiss Needle Cast Cooperative (http://www.cof.orst.edu/coops/sncc/).
  Damage caused by Swiss needle cast, a native foliage disease (caused by the fungus Phaeocryptopus gaeumannii) that affects Douglas-fir, has made it imperative that new research be conducted to learn practical methods of disease detection and management to maintain the health and productivity of Douglas-fir plantations. The Swiss Needle Cast Cooperative (SNCC) was established in January 1997. The focus of SNCC is Swiss needle cast research for forest land owners in the Pacific Northwest.
  
• Mt. Pine Beetle in Oregon
  The Mt. Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae, has killed over 500,000 acres of lodgepole pine forests in Oregon over the past few years. These trees may represent a significant fire threat in the future. We have secured funding from Joint Fire Science to work on the problem in Central Oregon, particularly the Fremont-Winema and Deschutes National Forests.

  Project Title: Temporal dynamics of ground, surface, ladder, and crown fuels and their potential effects on fire behavior, following Dendroctonus ponderosae epidemics in the Pinus contorta zone of south-central Oregon. Co-PI’s: David Shaw, OSU, Travis Woolley, OSU, Stephen Fitzgerald, OSU, Laurie Kurth, Fire Behavior Analyst, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Donald Helmbrecht, GIS Specialist/Fire Analyst, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Andris Eglistis, USFS Forest Health Protection, and Jane Smith, PNW Research Station.

Selection of Publications:

Black, B. S., D.C. Shaw, J.K. Stone. In revision. Impacts of Swiss needle cast on overstory Douglas-fir forests of western Oregon Coast Range. Forest Ecology and Management.

Mathiasen, R.L., D.L. Nickrent, D.C. Shaw, and D.M. Watson. 2008. Misteltoes: pathology, systematics, ecology and management. Plant Disease 92: 988-1006. PDF

Shaw, D.C., M. Huso, and H. Bruner. 2008. Basal area growth impacts of dwarf misteltoe on western hemlock in an old-growth forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38:576-583. PDF

Shaw, D.C., K. Ernest, B. Rinker, M. Lowman. 2006. Stand level herbivory in an old-growth forest canopy. Western North American Naturalist 66:473-481.

Shaw, D.C., J. Chen, E. Freeman, and D. Braun. 2005. Spatial and population characteristics of dwarf mistletoe infected trees in an old-growth Douglas-fir/western hemlock forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 990-1001.

Teaching

Graduate Students:

Leif Mortenson, MS current. Thesis: Spatial and Ecological Analysis of Red Fir Decline in California Using FIA Data

Danny Norlander, MS 2008. Thesis: "Effect of Site and Silvicultural Treatment on Insect Pests and Diseases of Young Ponderosa Pine.

Courses:

Winter 2010. FS 505. Silviculture Reading, 2 credits.

Fall 2007. FS 599. Ecological and Economic Impact of Non-Native Pests and Pathogens. Distributed Graduate Seminar sponsored by National center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA. 2 credits. Co-taught with H. Jo Albers, Forest Resources.

Fall 2006. FS 599. Native Forest Diseases. 1 credit. Companion module to FS520.