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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Assessing Marine Debris in the Proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary

MESM 2024 Group Project

Group Members: Tatiana Bok, Elizabeth Braun, Eleri Griffiths, Heather Luedke, Anne Youngdahl

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Clients: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

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Aerial view of channel islands and pacific ocean

Seal Bomb Impacts to Cetaceans in California National Marine Sanctuaries

Analyzing the impacts of a legal marine mammal acoustic deterrent known as a “seal bomb," underwater explosives used in purse seine fisheries.

Group Members: Ian Brunjes, Anastasia Kunz, Taylor Lockmann, Caitlin Manley

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Clients: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

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Mitigating Climate Change Through Tropical Forests: An Analysis of U.S. Bilateral REDD+ Finance

Mitigating Climate Change Through Tropical Forests: An Analysis of U.S. Bilateral REDD+ Finance

Faculty Advisors: Lee Hannah, David Tilman

Clients: Tropical Forest Group