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Using Historical Ecology to Guide Restoration and Management Planning at Point Conception’s Dangermond Preserve

This project provided a unique opportunity to use history to inform conservation planning. The property has a long history of human land use, with controlled fires set by the Chumash and centuries of ranching under Spanish land grants. Due to the lasting influence of human disturbance on ecosystem structure and function, a comprehensive understanding of land use history is essential to an effective conservation plan.

Faculty Advisors: Kelly Caylor

Clients: The Nature Conservancy

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Building a Case for Conservation-Compatible Renewable Energy Development in the US Wind Belt

This project worked in partnership with the Nature Conservancy (TNC) to explore how we can support the wind energy growth while ensuring the continued conservation and protection of nature and biodiversity. To do this, the group evaluated whether wind power projects located in areas that avoid harming wildlife have a lower likelihood of cancellation.

Faculty Advisors: Kyle Meng, Sarah Anderson

Clients: The Nature Conservancy

Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment of California Floating Offshore Wind Energy

To develop floating offshore wind projects in federal waters off the coast of California, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Pacific Region has tasked the Bren School with characterizing and assessing the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the integration of offshore wind energy into California electricity markets.

Clients: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

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Driving Sustainability in the Gulf of California: Fishery Management and Offshore Cultivation for Totoaba Macdonaldi

This project modeled market interactions for different scenarios of offshore cultivation to elucidate what effects these new markets would have on both consumers and suppliers of totoaba products, as well as the illegal market for poached buche.

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Clients: Cygnus Ocean Farms

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The Hurd Co. (Eco-E)

Reducing the environmental impacts of the apparel supply chain through harnessing waste from the agricultural industry, converting it into apparel-grade fiber.

Faculty Advisors: Andrew Plantinga, Emily Cotter

Developing a 100% Renewable Energy Strategic Plan for CBS Corporation

This project aimed to estimate the greenhouse gas emission reductions which would result from powering CBS facilities nationwide with 100% renewable energy, and actions to implement this strategy.

Faculty Advisors: Matt Potoski

Clients: CBS Corporation

Using Historical Ecology to Guide Restoration and Management Planning at Point Conception’s Dangermond Preserve

Building a Case for Conservation-Compatible Renewable Energy Development in the US Wind Belt

Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment of California Floating Offshore Wind Energy

Driving Sustainability in the Gulf of California: Fishery Management and Offshore Cultivation for Totoaba Macdonaldi

The Hurd Co. (Eco-E)

Developing a 100% Renewable Energy Strategic Plan for CBS Corporation

Eco-Entrepreneurship: Roots

The Living Laboratories- Improving Management at Two University of California Natural Reserves

Eco-Entrepreneurship: Bluenote: Streamlining Water Quality Monitoring

Locating Ocean Acidification Monitoring Gaps and Hotspots within the California Current

Creating Effective Fish Refuges: Identifying the Keys for Success

Achieving Carbon Neutrality at UCSB by 2025: A Critical Analysis of Technological and Financial Strategies

Eco-Entrepreneurship: An Entrepreneurial Approach to Improving Energy Efficiency in the Industrial Sector

An Analysis of Wolf-Livestock Conflict Hotspots and Conflict Reduction Strategies in Northern California

Developing a Toolkit to Optimize Community Choice Energy Programs

Economic Valuation of Southern California Coastal Wetlands

Characterizing the Ecological Risk to the Tidewater Goby from Pyrethroid Use in Coastal California

Vessel Speed Reduction, Air Pollution, and Whale Strike Tradeoffs in the Santa Barbara Channel Region

Securing Water Rights from Retiring Coal-Fired Power Plants for Instream Flow

Eco-Entrepreneurship: KINN: An Assessment of Apparel Toxins' Impact on Mother and Newborn Endocrine-System Health