Master's Project Directory

Overview of MEDS Capstone projects Overview of MESM Group projects

Clients

ADCO Group (1)
Adidas (1)
AECOM (4)
AIG International (1)
Albertsons Companies (1)
Algalita Marine Research Institute (1)
Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Skylight) (1)
American Motor Honda Company (1)
American Prairie Reserve (1)
American Rivers (1)
American Samoa Department of Marine & Wildlife Resources (1)
Apeel Sciences (1)
Aquarium of the Bay (1)
BHP Biliton (1)
Big Sur Land Trust (1)
(-) Blue Forest Conservation (1)
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP (1)
Burbank Water and Power (2)
Bureau of Land Management - California State Office (1)
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (2)
Cachuma Operations and Maintenance Board (1)
California Abalone Association (1)
California Department of Fish & Wildlife (2)
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection (2)
California Department of Toxic Substances Control (1)
California Department of Water Resources (1)
California Energy Commission (1)
California Environmental Protection Agency (1)
California Governor's Office of Business & Economic Development (GO-Biz) (1)
California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (1)
(-) California Lobster & Trap Fishermen's Association (1)
California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (1)
California State Water Resources Control Board (1)
CALStart (1)
Carbon Direct (1)
Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve (1)
Cawthron Institute (1)
CB Consulting - Casmalia Steering Committee (1)
CBS Corporation (1)
Center for Climate Protection (1)
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (9)
China Rivers Project (1)
City of Santa Barbara (4)
City of Santa Barbara Fire Department (1)
City of Santa Barbara Planning Commission (2)
City of Santa Barbara Public Works (1)
City of Thousand Oaks (1)
Clean Power Alliance (1)
Collective Energy Company, LLC (1)
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission - CRITFC (1)
Community Environmental Council (2)
Comunidad y Biodiversidad (COBI) (2)
Conservation International (6)
Conservation International, Center for Oceans (Liberia) (1)
Conservation International Indonesia (2)
Conservation International Tuna Program (1)
County of Santa Barbara Sustainability Division (1)
County of Santa Barbara Water Agency (1)
County of Tulare (1)
Cygnus Ocean Farms (1)
Deckers Outdoor Corporation (2)
Defenders of Wildlife (2)
Denver Water (1)
Desert Tortoise Council (1)
DNV KEMA (1)
Dominica Sperm Whale Project (1)
Doris Duke Foundation (1)
Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council (1)
Driscoll's, Inc. (1)
DUDEK (1)
Earth Pledge (1)
Earth Resource Foundation (1)
ECOTRUST (1)
Editors of California Grasslands, UC Press (1)
Edwards Air Force Base (1)
Eli Lilly and Company (1)
ENSR (1)
Environmental Coalition of Faith Communities (1)
Environmental Defense Center (1)
Environmental Defense Fund (9)
Equinix (1)
Evergreen Action (1)
Everlane (1)
Farm Bureau of Ventura County (1)
First Solar, Inc. (2)
FORVIS (1)
General Electric (1)
Gills Onions, LLC (2)
Global Fishing Watch (1)
Global Student Embassy (1)
Goldring Family Foundation (1)
Google, Inc. (1)
Government of Bermuda (1)
Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary (1)
Greenopia (1)
Green Seal (1)
GSI (1)
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (1)
Hewlett Packard (1)
Honda Marine Science Foundation (1)
Hope Ranch Homeowner's Association (1)
Infinity Wind Power (1)
Innovation Center for US Dairy (2)
Institute for Energy Efficiency (1)
International Council on Nanotechnology (1)
Joint Institute for Wood Products Innovation (1)
Kaiser Permanente (2)
Kohala Institute (1)
KOMAZA (1)
La Fundacion para la Sobrevivencia del Pueblo Cofan (1)
Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County (1)
LegacyWorks Group (2)
Long Beach Water (1)
Los Padres National Forest (2)
Lynn Canal Conservation (1)
Mālama Maunalua (2)
Mammoth Trading, Inc. (1)
MATE the Label (1)
Minerals Management Service (1)
Mission Linen Supply (1)
Monterey Bay Aquarium Sustainable Seafood Initiative (1)
Morro Bay National Estuary Program (1)
Moulton Niguel Water District (1)
Nada Grocery, Inc. (1)
National Association of Environmental Law Societies (1)
National Council for Science and the Environment (1)
National Geographic Society Pristine Seas (1)
Nautilus Minerals Ltd. (1)
New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission (1)
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (3)
NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (1)
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (2)
NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (2)
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (1)
Nokia (1)
Noroeste Sustenable A.C. (1)
North Irvine Ranch (1)
Oakwood (1)
Oceana (1)
Ocean Conservancy (2)
Ocean Defenders Alliance (1)
Ocean Rainforest (1)
Ocean Wilderness (1)
Ojai Valley Land Conservancy (1)
Olazul (3)
Organizations of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas (1)
Oryzatech, Inc. (1)
Osa Conservation (1)
Pacific Institute (1)
PANGAIA (1)
Paramount Global (1)
Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO) (3)
Patagonia (7)
Peikert Group Architects, LLP (1)
PlanIT Geo (1)
Players for the Planet (1)
Professor Frank Davis (1)
Property & Environment Research Center (PERC) (1)
Protect Our Winters (1)
Rare - Fish Forever Program (1)
Rare Conservation (1)
Raytheon Technologies (1)
Regeneration.VC (1)
Restoration Science LLC (1)
San Diego County Water Authority (1)
San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board (1)
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute (1)
Santa Barbara Architecture 2030 Coalition (1)
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden (1)
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper (3)
Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (2)
Santa Barbara County Planning Division (2)
Santa Barbara Mariculture (1)
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (1)
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (2)
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Environmental Office (1)
Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District (1)
ScootScience (1)
Sierra Resource Conservation District (1)
Simple Shoes (1)
SIMS Metal Management (1)
Sony Pictures Entertainment (1)
South Coast Habitat Restoration (1)
Southern California Association of Governments (1)
Southern California Edison (4)
Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project (1)
South Yuba River Citizens League (1)
State Water Resources Control Board (1)
Strong Roots Congo (1)
Sunnyside Farms, LLC (1)
Sunnyside Institute (1)
Surf Conservation Partnership (1)
Surfrider Foundation Ventura Ecosystem Program (1)
Sustainable Aquaculture Research Center (1)
Sustainable Conservation (1)
Tejon Ranch Conservancy (6)
Terra Genesis (1)
The Boeing Company (1)
The International Network on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (1)
The Limoneira Company (2)
The Nature Conservancy (21)
The Nature Conservancy, Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve (1)
The Nature Conservancy Peru (1)
The Nature Conservancy Santa Cruz Island Preserve (2)
The New Media Studio (1)
The Santa Ynez Chumash Environmental Office (1)
The Summit Foundation (1)
The Sustainability Consortium (1)
The Sustainability Project (1)
TomKat UC Carbon Neutrality Project (1)
Toyota - Environmental Coordination Office (1)
Tropical Forest Group (1)
Trout Unlimited (1)
UC Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (2)
UC Integrated Hardwoods Range Management Program (1)
UCSB (3)
UCSB Center for Nanotechnology in Society (1)
UCSB Chancellor's Sustainability Committee (1)
UCSB Housing, Dining & Auxiliary Enterprises (1)
UCSB Purchasing Department (1)
UCSB Riparian Invasion Research Lab (1)
UCSB Sustainability (1)
Unión de Conservación Agua de la Sierra (UCAS) (1)
United Nations Environmental Programme (2)
University of California Natural Reserve System (1)
US Environmental Protection Agency - Region 9 (2)
US Fish and Wildlife Service (1)
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Ventura Office (1)
US Forest Service (2)
US Forest Service - Angeles National Forest (1)
US Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, Port Hueneme (1)
Valle Verde (1)
Ventura Hillsides Conservancy (1)
Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council (1)
Volvo (2)
Wallowa Resources (1)
Water for Food Daugherty Global Institute - University of Nebraska (1)
Waterkeeper Alliance (1)
West Coast Regional Planning Body (1)
Western Water Policy Program - University of Colorado (1)
White Buffalo Land Trust (1)
WildEarth Guardians (1)
Wildlife Conservation Society (2)
Wild Salmon Center (1)
World Wildlife Fund Brazil (2)
World Wildlife Fund Mexico (1)
WSP Sustainability, Energy & Climate Change Division (1)
Wynmark Company (1)
Yardi Systems, Inc. (1)
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (1)
Zero Net Energy (ZNE) Capital (1)
Zurich Financial Services (1)

(-) Blue Forest Conservation
(-) California Lobster & Trap Fishermen's Association
(-) Master's Group Project
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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

Pathway to Self-Funding: A Case Study on the California Commercial Spiny Lobster Fishery

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Clients: California Lobster & Trap Fishermen's Association

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Clients

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Faculty Advisors

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

Pathway to Self-Funding: A Case Study on the California Commercial Spiny Lobster Fishery