Master's Project Directory

Beaver (Castor Canadensis) Impact on Water Resources in the Jemez Watershed, New Mexico

Faculty Advisors: John Melack

Clients: WildEarth Guardians

Eco-Entrepreneurship: Ecolodgical

Faculty Advisors: Emily Cotter, Matt Potoski

The Non-Market Value of Private Recreational Boating in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

Group Members: Gavin McDonald

Faculty Advisors: Matt Potoski

Clients: Environmental Defense Center, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

Sustainable Supply Chain Management for UCSB

Faculty Advisors: John Melack

Clients: UCSB Purchasing Department

Sustainable Visitorship at the Angeles National Forest: Strategies for Solid Waste Management

Faculty Advisors: John Melack, Roland Geyer

Clients: US Forest Service - Angeles National Forest

From Sea to Table: Recommendations for Tracing Seafood

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan, John Melack

Clients: Monterey Bay Aquarium Sustainable Seafood Initiative

Analyzing the Environmental Impacts of Simple Shoes – A Life Cycle Assessment of the Supply Chain and Evaluation of End-of-Life Management Options

Faculty Advisors: John Melack, Patricia Holden

Clients: Simple Shoes

Conserving Monterey County's Ranchland: Trends and Strategies

Faculty Advisors: John Melack, Frank Davis

Clients: Big Sur Land Trust

Evaluation of Rainfall-Runoff Relationships to Develop Stormwater Reduction Strategies in South Coast Watersheds

Faculty Advisors: John Melack, Thomas Dunne

Clients: Santa Barbara Channelkeeper

Potential Deep-Sea Mining of Seafloor Sulfides: A Case Study in Papua New Guinea

Faculty Advisors: John Melack

Clients: Nautilus Minerals Ltd., Conservation International, GSI

Wiring the Farm: Operational Practices for Sustainable Agriculture

Faculty Advisors: Jeff Dozier, John Melack

Clients: Sunnyside Institute

Assessment of Seawater Desalination as a Water Supply Strategy for San Diego County

Faculty Advisors: John Melack

Interim Management Plan for the Arroyo Hondo Preserve

Faculty Advisors: John Melack

Mammoth Groundwater Extraction: A Hydrological Analysis of Potential Recharge to an Eastern Sierra Nevada Watershed

Faculty Advisors: John Melack

Analysis of Alternative Watershed Management Strategies for the Lauro Canyon Watershed, Santa Barbara, CA

Faculty Advisors: John Melack, Jeff Dozier

Clients: Cachuma Operations and Maintenance Board

Comparative Study of Strategies and the Ecological, Regulatory, Political and Economic Issues Involved in Offshore Oil & Gas Facility Decommissioning

Faculty Advisors: John Melack

Clients: Minerals Management Service