Program

Clients

Year

Faculty Advisors

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Mountains in the distance with a field of beautiful flowers and shrubs.

Rancho Encinalito: Land & Biodiversity Conservation Through Sustainable Enterprise Advancement in Baja California Sur, Mexico

2025 MESM Group Project: Rancho Encinalito: Land & Biodiversity Conservation Through Sustainable Enterprise Advancement in Baja California Sur, Mexico

Group Members: Sadie Armstrong, Julia Field, Samson Grunwald, Shivank Jhanji, Tatianna Suriel

Faculty Advisors: Christina Tague

Clients: Unión de Conservación Agua de la Sierra (UCAS)

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Pine trees and mountains around Lake Tahoe

Funding Future Forests: Evaluating Ecosystem Services for Forest Restoration in the Tahoe-Central Sierra

Identifying financial incentives for forest restoration projects, examining supply and demand of ecosystem services within California’s Tahoe Central Sierra Initiative.

Group Members: Laurel Abowd, Kirsten Hodgson, Brendan McGovern

Faculty Advisors: Charles Kolstad

Clients: Blue Forest Conservation

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Testing the Economic Feasibility of Seaweed Aquaculture in Southern California

Testing the Economic Feasibility of Seaweed Aquaculture in Southern California

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Clients: Santa Barbara Mariculture, Sustainable Aquaculture Research Center