Meet the UMCA Faculty and Staff

Dusty Walter, M.S.

203 ABNR, Forestry
Columbia, MO 65211
(573) 884-7991
walterw@missouri.edu

Interests include defining effective means toward landowner adoption of agroforestry and promoting the agroforestry knowledge base through education and training of natural resource professionals and agricultural extension. Efforts focused in establishing effective agroforestry practices and demonstrations in cooperation with natural resource professionals, university extension and Missouri landowners.

Publications

• Coggeshall, M.V., and W.D. Walter. 2009. Eastern black walnut and agroforestry. The Temperate Agroforester 17(1). http://www.aftaweb.org/
• Garrett, H.E., R.L. McGraw, and W.D. Walter. "Alley cropping practices." In Garrett, H.E. (ed.). 2009. North American Agroforestry: An Integrated Science and Practice. 2nd Edition. Agronomy Society of America, Madison, Wis. Chapter 7.
• Lin, C.H., W.D. Walter, H.E. Garrett, and R.N. Lerch. "Controlling swine odor with natural windbreak." In M.A. Gold and M.M. Hall (eds.). 2009. Agroforestry Comes of Age: Putting Science into Practice. Proceedings, 11th North American Agroforestry Conference. 339-348.
• Millspaugh, J.J., J.H. Schulz, T.W. Mong, D. Burhans, W.D. Walter, R. Bredesen, R.D. Pritchert Jr., and D.C. Dey. "Agroforestry wildlife benefits." In Garrett, H.E. (ed.). 2009. North American Agroforestry: An Integrated Science and Practice. 2nd Edition. Agronomy Society of America, Madison, Wis. Chapter 10.
• Walter, W.D., D.C. Dey and J.P. Dwyer. 2006. Epicormic response when converting hardwood forests to a silvopasture. In: Proceedings, 15^th Central Hardwood Forest Conf. Feb. 27 - Mar. 1, 2006, Knoxville, TN.
• Godsey, L.D., W.D. Walter, J.P. Dwyer and H.E. Garrett. 2006. A preliminary economic analysis of silvopasture in Missouri's Ozark forests. In: Proceedings 15^th Central Hardwood Forest Conf.; Feb. 27 - Mar.1, 2006, Knoxville, TN.
• Dwyer, J.P., D.C. Dey, W.D. Walter and R.G. Jensen. 2004. Harvest impacts in uneven-aged and even-aged Missouri Ozark forests. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 21(4): 187-193.
• Garrett, H.E., M.S. Kerley, K.P. Ladyman, W.D. Walter, L.D. Godsey, J.W. VanSambeek and D.K. Brauer. 2004. Hardwood silvopasture management in North America. In: Nair P.K.R., M.R. Rao and L.E. Buck, eds. New Vistas in Agroforestry: A Compendium for the 1^st World Congress of Agroforestry, Kluwer, Dordrecth, The Netherlands, 2004. [Also in Agroforestry Systems 61, 2004].
• Godsey, L.D. W.D. Walter and H.E. Garrett. 2004. Effects of girdling on black walnut wood color. In: Proceedings 14^th Central Hardwood Forest Conference, Mar. 17-19, 2004, Wooster, OH. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station.
• Godsey, L.D, W.D. Walter and H.E. Garrett. 2004. Girdling eastern black walnut for increased heartwood formation. In: Proceedings 6^th Walnut Research Symposium, July 25-28, 2004, West Lafayette, IN.
• Walter, W.D., H.E. Garrett and L.D.Godsey. 2004. Use of herbicide to reduce stump-sprouting following thinning of an eastern black walnut agroforestry planting. In: Proceedings 6^th Walnut Research Symposium, Jul. 25-28, 2004, W. Lafayette, IN.
• Walter, W.D., H.E. Garrett, and L.D. Godsey. 2004. Response of eastern black walnut to herbicide stump treatment. In: Proceedings 14^th Central Hardwood Forest Conf., Mar, 17-19; 2004, Wooster, OH. Radnor, PA: U.S.D.A., Forest Service, NE Forest Experiment Station.
• Walter, W.D. and P.S. Johnson. 2004. Sustainable silviculture for Missouri's oak forests. 173-192. In: Toward Sustainability for Missouri Forests. S.L. Flader, ed. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-239. St. Paul, MN, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 251 p.
• Walter, W.D. and J.P Dwyer. 2003. Survival results of a biomass planting in the Missouri River floodplain. In: Proceedings 13^th Central Hardwood Forest Conf., Apr. 1-3, 2002, Urbana, IL. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-234. St. Paul, MN. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 565 p.
• Dwyer, J.P.; Dey, D.C.; Walter, W.D.; Jensen, R.G. 2000. Logging impact in uneven-aged stands of the Missouri Ozark forest ecosystem project. In: Proceedings Soc. Am. Foresters 1999 Nat. Convention, Portland, OR. Sept. 11-15, 1999. pp. 210-222. SAF Publication 00-1
• Walter, W.D. and J.P Dwyer. 1999. Annotated bibliography of the potential impacts of chip mills in Missouri. Prepared and presented to the Governor's Chip Mill Advisory Committee.