Master's Project Directory

Assessing Resources for Public Access at Tejon Ranch, California

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2013)

Group Members: Eric Hopkins, Linda Kwong, Jenny (Nguy) Low, Kirsten Tilleman, Michelle Wagner

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Client: Tejon Ranch Conservancy

Ecology and Management of Oak Woodlands on Tejon Ranch: Recommendations for Conserving a Valuable California Ecosystem

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2011)

Group Members: Serra Hoagland, Andrew Krieger, Shannon Moy, Andy Shepard

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Client: Tejon Ranch Conservancy

Evaluating Connectivity in the Northern Appalachian and Acadian Region to Improve Wildlife Mobility

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2020)

Group Members: Renee Albrecht, Robert Saldivar, Jamie Miller, Rebecca Clow, Nelson Gould

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Client: The Nature Conservancy

Conservation Assessment for the Cuyama Valley: Current Conditions and Planning Scenarios

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2009)

Group Members: Caitlin Andersen, Bridget Dobrowski, Melissa Harris, Edith Moreno, Patrick Roehrdanz

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Client: The Nature Conservancy

Developing Fire Management Strategies in Support of Adaptive Management at Tejon Ranch, California

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2012)

Group Members: Sean Baumgarten, Ashley Gilreath, Eleanor Knecht, Adam Livingston, Nicole Phipps, Andrew Prosser

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Client: Tejon Ranch Conservancy

Conserving Monterey County's Ranchland: Trends and Strategies

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2007)

Group Members: Yolanda Crous, Christopher Evelyn, Robert Larkin, Hannah Muller, Toby Perry

Faculty Advisors: John Melack, Frank Davis

Client: Big Sur Land Trust

Development of Conceptual Models and Ecological Baselines to Support the Creation of an Adaptive Management Plan for Tejon Ranch, California

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2010)

Group Members: Jonathan Appelbaum, Erin Brown, Shaina Forsyth, Lisa Kashiwase, Dana Murray

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Client: Tejon Ranch Conservancy

Designing Road Crossings for Safe Wildlife Passage: Ventura County Guidelines

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2005)

Group Members: Lindsey Cavallaro, Kate Sanden, Joanne Schellhase, Maile Tanaka

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Client: Southern California Association of Governments

A Distributed Graduate Seminar to Analyze the Priorities, Obstacles and Opportunities That Exist for the Implementation of State Wildlife Action Plans

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2008)

Group Members: Michela Adrian, Iara Lacher, Evan Lue, Anne Middleton, Jennifer Paludi

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Client: National Council for Science and the Environment, Doris Duke Foundation

Santa Barbara County and Los Padres National Forest: Facilitating Community Collaboration in Recreation Management

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2003)

Group Members: Nicholle Fratus, Jill Komoto, Carolina Morgan, Thomas Whitaker, Sarah Worth

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis, Catherine Ramus

Client: Los Padres National Forest

The Ojai Meadows Preserve: Enhancement, Revegetation, and Creation of Native Habitats

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2001)

Group Members: Melanie Dunbar, Johanna Haggerty, Nicholas Kalodimos, Brian Klyse, Lara Wood

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis, Cheryl Schultz

Client: Ojai Valley Land Conservancy

Valley Oak Restoration Site Suitability in the Los Alamos Valley, Santa Barbara County, CA

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (1999)

Group Members: Jennifer Merrick, Josh Phillips, Cathryn Wild

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Client: City of Santa Barbara Planning Commission

Conservation Planning and Policies for California Grasslands

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2006)

Group Members: Christopher Bersbach, Jesse Fujukawa, Patrick Jantz, Joseph Kuhn, Bernhard Preusser

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Client: Editors of California Grasslands, UC Press

Adaptive Management for Southern California Grasslands

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2004)

Group Members: Andrea Chadden, Edyta Dowskza, Laura Turner

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis, Peter Kareiva

Client: The Nature Conservancy

Predicting the Spatial Pressures of Development in San Luis Obispo County: Is the Transferable Development Credits Program Controlling Urban Sprawl?

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2002)

Group Members: Christopher Casso, Jaime Dietenhofer, Amanda Eichel, Kevin Chih-Hung Huang

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis, Antonia Bento

Client: Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County

Big Island Impacts: Analysis of Land-Use Conversion on Water Quality, Carbon Emissions, and Wildlife at the Kohala Institute

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2017)

Group Members: Maegan Blansett, Jennifer Laws, Ilan MacAdam-Somer

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Client: Kohala Institute

Combining Conservation and Community Empowerment to Protect Grauer’s Gorilla

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2021)

Group Members: Kelsie Fronheiser, Monica Gordon, Zoe Duerksen-Salm, Lizzy Schattle, Yani Pohl

Faculty Advisors: Mark Buntaine, Frank Davis

Client: Strong Roots Congo