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Incentivizing Incidental Groundwater Recharge in Teton Valley, Idaho

Faculty Advisors: Gary Libecap

Clients: LegacyWorks Group

The Living Laboratories- Improving Management at Two University of California Natural Reserves

Faculty Advisors: John Melack

Clients: University of California Natural Reserve System

Eco-Entrepreneurship: Bluenote: Streamlining Water Quality Monitoring

Faculty Advisors: Jeff Dozier, Emily Cotter

Locating Ocean Acidification Monitoring Gaps and Hotspots within the California Current

Faculty Advisors: Bruce Kendall

Clients: West Coast Regional Planning Body

Creating Effective Fish Refuges: Identifying the Keys for Success

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Clients: The Summit Foundation

Achieving Carbon Neutrality at UCSB by 2025: A Critical Analysis of Technological and Financial Strategies

Clients: UCSB Chancellor's Sustainability Committee

Eco-Entrepreneurship: An Entrepreneurial Approach to Improving Energy Efficiency in the Industrial Sector

Faculty Advisors: Emily Cotter

An Analysis of Wolf-Livestock Conflict Hotspots and Conflict Reduction Strategies in Northern California

Faculty Advisors: Ben Halpern

Clients: Defenders of Wildlife

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

A Framework to Evaluate the Effectiveness of No-Take Marine Reserves in Mexico

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Clients: Comunidad y Biodiversidad (COBI)

Quantifying the Greenhouse Gas Impacts of a Green Hotel Certification on the City of Los Angeles

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Kyle Meng

Clients: Green Seal

The Waterfowl of Wall Street: Using Water Markets to Provide Habitat for Migratory Birds

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: James Salzman

Clients: The Nature Conservancy

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

2017 Master's Group Project

Faculty Advisors: Frank Davis

Clients: Kohala Institute

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