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Quantifying the Economic Potential of Small-Scale Fisheries through Better Management in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Andrew Plantinga

Clients: Rare - Fish Forever Program

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Carbon Zero: Curbing Climate Change and Driving Energy Efficiency at UCSB

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer, James Frew

Clients: Institute for Energy Efficiency, TomKat UC Carbon Neutrality Project

A Framework for Restoration to Support Agassiz’s Desert Tortoise Recovery in the Western Mojave Desert

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Bruce Kendall, Ben Halpern

Clients: Desert Tortoise Council

Salmonics: Quantifying the Benefits of River Restoration for Chinook Salmon on the Lower Yuba River, California

2017 Master's Group Project

Clients: South Yuba River Citizens League

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Eco-Entrepreneurship: Sunset Power Solutions

Sunset Power Solutions is an Eco-E project that provides clean, wireless lighting for any social occasion. Their product, the MoonLite, repurposes second-life lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles to provide a stylish and easy-to-use lighting solution.

Faculty Advisors: Emily Cotter

Bridging Science and Management in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Mark Buntaine

Clients: NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Eco-Entrepreneurship: BranchOut

BranchOut is an outdoor "escape room" concept for adults and kids age 3 and up. Discover clues and solve puzzles to complete an hour-long adventure before time runs out.

Faculty Advisors: Matt Potoski, Emily Cotter

Sharing Canada’s Last Frontier: Creating a Conservation Network to Ensure Continued Wildlife Connectivity in the Mackenzie River

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Christina Tague, Lee Hannah

Clients: Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

Eco-Entrepreneurship: OrganicMatters

OrganicMatters is an Eco-E project that manufactures certified organic fertilizer out of poultry waste from the egg industry.

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller, Emily Cotter

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Planning and Incentivizing Native Oyster Restoration in Southern California

2017 Master's Group Projects

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Clients: Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Honda Marine Science Foundation

Workplace Charging to Promote One Million Zero Emission Vehicles in California by 2020

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Sarah Anderson, James Frew

Clients: California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

From Rocket Testing to Wilderness: Investigating Water Management Strategies and Impacts at Santa Susana

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Thomas Dunne

Clients: The Boeing Company

A Greater Gray: A Larval Connectivity Assessment of Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Clients: Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary, NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Feasibility Analysis of Conservation Banking for the Greater Sage-Grouse in Montana

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Gary Libecap

Clients: American Prairie Reserve

Quantifying the Economic Potential of Small-Scale Fisheries through Better Management in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica

Carbon Zero: Curbing Climate Change and Driving Energy Efficiency at UCSB

A Framework for Restoration to Support Agassiz’s Desert Tortoise Recovery in the Western Mojave Desert

Salmonics: Quantifying the Benefits of River Restoration for Chinook Salmon on the Lower Yuba River, California

Eco-Entrepreneurship: Sunset Power Solutions

Bridging Science and Management in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument

Eco-Entrepreneurship: BranchOut

Sharing Canada’s Last Frontier: Creating a Conservation Network to Ensure Continued Wildlife Connectivity in the Mackenzie River

Eco-Entrepreneurship: OrganicMatters

Planning and Incentivizing Native Oyster Restoration in Southern California

Workplace Charging to Promote One Million Zero Emission Vehicles in California by 2020

From Rocket Testing to Wilderness: Investigating Water Management Strategies and Impacts at Santa Susana

A Greater Gray: A Larval Connectivity Assessment of Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary

Feasibility Analysis of Conservation Banking for the Greater Sage-Grouse in Montana

A Citizen Science Monitoring Protocol for the Rocky Intertidal Habitat

Assessing the Environmental and Economic Impacts and Benefits of PV-battery Microgrid Systems in Off-Grid Communities

Assessing the Effectiveness of Fire Mitigation Strategies in the Wildland-Urban Interface

Factors Influencing the Expansion of Environmental Water Markets

Economic Analysis of Invasive Giant Reed (Arundo Donax) Control for the Lower Santa Clara River

Not a Drop to Spare: Sustainable Water Management Solutions for the South Coast of Santa Barbara County