Personal Information
James E. Savage

Project Coordinator
Environmental Resources Research Institute
220 Forest Resource Lab
University Park, PA 16802
jes@psu.edu
Education
M. Ag. The Pennsylvania State University, Plant Pathology 1999
Master of Agriculture Paper. Savage, J.E. Plant bioindicator responses to ambient ozone exposures in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:  Survey results from the 1998 Forest Health Monitoring Plots and Air Quality Monitoring Sites. Pennsylvania State University, 64p.
B.S. The Pennsylvania State University Agriculture Science 1987

A.S. The Pennsylvania State University Forest Technology 1984
Objectives of Research
 
Academic and Professional Experience
Air quality monitoring for tropospheric ozone and carbon dioxide at several remote forested sites in the mountains of North-central Pennsylvania. Set-up and operation of open-top chambers, meteorological equipment, and pollutant monitors at several continuous use research sites in North-central Pennsylvania as supported by federal, state, and private funding sources. Operation and maintenance of the Air Pollution and Forest Effects Greenhouse an related Continuously Stirred Tank Reactor Chamber Systems, plant culture, growth, and related investigations as supported by federal, state, international and private funding sources.

1997 to present Field Coordinator, Forest Health Monitoring Program sponsored by the United States department of Agriculture-Forest Service and the Bureau of Forestry, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resource, Supervising field crews, data collections and reporting activities.
1996 - 1999 Impact of ambient ozone on physiological, visual and growth responses of sensitive eastern hardwood tree species under natural and varying site conditions, funded by USEPA.
1996 to 1998 Determination of ozone sensitivity of native vegetation species observed as symptomatic within southern Spain.
1995 to 1998 Open-top chambers for determining impacts of air pollution in Canton Ticino, Switzerland. Funded by The Swiss Federal institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
1995 to 1997 Determination of ozone-induced foliar injury on black cherry within the Desierto de Los Leones National Park, Mexico Funded by USDA-Forest Service.
1995 to 1996 Monitoring of indoor air pollution at Medical Office Building Harrisburg , PA. for concentrations of ambient ozone and carbon dioxide in the Funded by the Association of Landscape Contractors of America.
1994 to 1998
 Open-top chamber for evaluating the response of plant bioindicators to ambient ozone exposures, funded by USDA-Forest Service.
1992 to 1994 The screening of 12 species of indoor house plant for there sensitivity to ozone in CSTR chambers, Funded by the Associated Landscape Contractors of America.
1991 to 1994 Occurrence and severity of ozone injury on sensitive hardwood species Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, Funded by the US Dept Interior National Park Service.
1990 to 1992 Survey of red spruce in mountainous areas of West Virginia, Funded by the USDA-Forest Service.
1989 to 1992 Fertilizing of Norway Spruce plantations for the alleviation of foliar nutrient deficiencies in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Funded by USDA- Forest Service.
1987 to 1991 An investigation of forest condition across a gradient of sulfate/nitrate and hydrogen ion deposition in Northcentral Pennsylvania. Funded by jointly by the USEPA and the USDA-Forest Service.
1986 to 1991 An evaluation of the health of Norway Spruce in northeastern United States. Funded by the USDA-Forest Service.
Area of Specialization
Project coordinator for the Forest Health Monitoring Program within the State of Pennsylvania. I over see all data collection, crew activities, and the training of crew members for the north eastern states. My other position responsibilities are in support of the Air Pollution and Forest Effects Research program. These programs have been conducted within in the Department of Plant Pathology and most recently within the Environmental Resources Research Institute. Major responsibilities have included quality assurance, quality control, and data acquisition for all air quality monitors utilized within forest research projects. Instrumental calibration and downloading of air quality data for subsequent analysis and report preparations have also been carried out from 1988 to 1997. Responsibilities also include setup, operation, and maintenance of complex open-top chamber facilities at several locations in North-central Pennsylvania and most recently at newly developed research site at Penn Nursery, Centre Co. PA. From 1988 to the present the accession, culture, maintenance, and providing proper conditions for wintertime survival of all seedlings used in various research projects are related position responsibilities at the forest research sites. Initial setup of research sites has involved working with numerous Penn State offices and outside agencies including the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, electric and telephone utilities and private citizens. I assist in symptom evaluations of plants growing under differing air pollution exposures, via the open-top chamber facilities. I have been responsible for foliar symptom evaluations within a continuing United States Forest Service sponsored project on plant bioindicators, being developed for detection of ozone air pollution in central Pennsylvania. Several similar plant bioindicator based studies have been established on an international basis with participation in field and open-top chamber investigations on-site in Switzerland in cooperation with the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.  Throughout my tenure, I have worked with and directly assisted MA and Doctoral candidates in the successful completion of their research projects.  I have also been involved in supervising seasonal employees on campus and in forest situations especially in the area of forest health assessments.
Skills
As an expert tree climber, I have been responsible since 1987 for the collection of foliar samples for air pollution symptom diagnostics from the crowns or numerous forest tree species under mature canopy and natural forest conditions. The National Park Service, the USDA Forest Service and most recently by the US Environmental Protection Agency have supported projects utilizing these climbing skills. I have also been involved in research project where tree climbing expertise was involved in the Desierto de Los Leones, Mexico City, MX and throughout Canton Ticino in southern Switzerland. Throughout my tenure, I have worked with and directly assisted MS and Doctoral candidates in the successful completion of their research projects. I have also been involved in supervising seasonal employees on campus and in forest situations especially in the area of forest health assessments. Research travel has included assistance on projects from New Hampshire to Virginia and Arkansas with out-of-country studies in Mexico and Switzerland.
Publications

Simini, M., Skelly, J.M., Davis, D.D., and Savage, J.E., 1991. Sensitivity of four hardwood species to ambient ozone in Northcentral Pennsylvania. Porch. Conf. on Emerging Issues in Northern Hdwd. Mgt. May 21-23, Macinac Island, Mi.

Simini, M., Skelly, J.M., and Savage, J.E., 1991. Sensitivity of wildtype and half-sib families of black cherry to ambient doses ozone in Northcentral Pennsylvania. Phytopathology 81:124.

Skelly, J. M., Snyder, K. R., and Savage J. E., 1992. Ozone induced effects to half- sib families of black cherry. Phytopathology 82:247.

Simini, M., Skelly, J. M., Davis, D. D., J. E. Savage, and A. C. Comrie. 1992. Sensitivity of four hardwood species to ambient ozone in northcentral Pennsylvania. Can. J. For. Research 22:1789-1799.

Skelly, J. M., Savage, J. E., Snyder, K. R., and Fredericksen, T. S., 1994. Tropospheric ozone occurrences at remote sites in Pennsylvania: A data base for evaluation of changing pollution scenarios. Final Report USDA-Forest Serv. Coop Agree. 23-722. Environ.Resources Res. Inst., Penn State Univ., Univ. Park. 25 p.

Fredericksen, T. S., Skelly, J. M., Kouterick, K. B., Joyce, B. J., Kolb, T. E., Steiner, K. C., Savage, J. E., and Snyder, K. R., 1994. Levels of variation in foliar ozone injury among black cherry trees. Phytopathology 84:543.

Kouterick, K. B., Skelly, J. M., Fredericksen, T. S., Savage, J. E., and Snyder, K. R., 1994. Relationships between foliar ozone injury and physiology among black cherry genotypes. Phytopathology 84:544.

Skelly, J. M., Savage, J. E., Snyder, K. R., Fredericksen, T.S., and Kouterick, K. B., 1994. Response of open-pollinated black cherry families to ambient ozone under open- top chambers conditions. Phytopathology 84:547.

Fredericksen, T. S., Joyce, B. J., Kouterick, K. B., Kolb, T. E., Skelly, J. M., Steiner, K. C.,Savage, J. E., and Snyder, K. R., 1994. Response of different aged black cherry trees to ambient ozone exposures. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 75(2):71.

Kouterick, K.B., Skelly, J.M., Fredericksen, T.S.,Kolb, T.E., Savage, J.E., and Snyder, K.R., 1994. Foliar ozone injury and gas exchange among black cherry genotypes. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 75(2):116-117.

Fredericksen, T. S., Joyce, B. J., Skelly, J. M., Steiner, K.C., Kolb, T. E., Kouterick, K. B., Savage, J. E., and Snyder, K. R. 1995. Physiology, morphology and ozone uptake of seedlings, saplings, and canopy black cherry trees. Environ. Pollut. 89:273-283.

Fredericksen, T.S., T.E. Kolb, J.M. Skelly, K.C. Steiner, B.J. Joyce, and J.E. Savage. 1996. Light environment alters ozone uptake per net photosynthetic rate in black cherry trees. Tree Physiology 16:485-490.

Fredericksen, T.S. J.M. Skelly, K.C. Steiner, T.E. Kolb, B.J. Joyce, K.B. Kouterick, and J.E.Savage. 1996. Ozone uptake rates of different-sized black cherry trees in high- and low-light environments. pp. 319-323 In Cox et al. (eds.) Proc. IUFRO 16th Int'l Mtg. for Specialists in Air Pollution Effects on Forest Ecosystems "Air Pollution and Multiple Stresses". Can. For. Serv. Atlantic Centre. Fredericton, NB. CAN. 402p.

Kouterick, K.B., J.M. Skelly, T.S. Fredericksen, K.C. Steiner, J. Savage, K. Snyder, and J.A. Ferdinand. 1996. Comparisons of foliar injury, leaf gas exchange, and biomass response to ozone among black cherry genotypes. 28th Annual Air Pollution Workshop, April 15-18, Raleigh, NC.

Innes, J.L., J.M. Skelly, W. Landolt, C. Hug, K.R. Snyder and J.E. Savage. 1997. Development of visible injury on the leaves of Prunus serotina in Ticino, southern Switzerland as result of ozone exposure. Preliminary results, In Workshop- Proceedings, "Exceedance of critical loads and levels". Ed. Joga G. and Knofalcher, M., Forschungszentrum Seibersdorf, Seibersdorf. (manuscript submitted).

Skelly, J.M., J.E. Savage, M. de Bauer, and D. Alvarez. 1997 Observations of ozone- induced foliar injury on black cherry within the Desierto de Los Leones National Park, Mexico. Environ. Pollut. 95:155-158.

Skelly, J.M., T.S. Fredericksen, J.E. Savage, and K.R. Snyder. 1997. Vertical gradients of ozone and carbon dioxide within a deciduous forest of central Pennsylvania. Environ. Pollut. 94:235-40.

Skelly, J.M., J.L. Innes, K.R. Snyder, J.E. Savage, C. Hug, W. Landolt, and P. Blueler. 1998. Investigations of ozone induced injury in forest of southern Switzerland: Field surveys and open-top chamber experiments. Chemosphere 36: 995-1000.

Innes, J.L, J.M. Skelly, W. Landolt, C. Hug, K.R. Snyder and J.E. Savage. 1997. Development of visible injury of the leaves of Prunus serotina in Ticino, southern Switzerland as a result of ozone exposure. Preliminary results in Workshop-Proceedings, "Exceedances of critical loans and levels." Ed. G. Joga and M. Knofalchoer; Forschungszentrum Seibersdorf.