Master's Project Directory

Marine Protected Areas Along California's Central Coast: A Multi-Criteria Analysis of Network Design

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

Group Members: Allison Chan, Amanda Cundiff, Nadia Gardner, Yvana Hrovat, Lindsay Kircher, Carissa Klein

Faculty Advisors: Bruce Kendall

Client: Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO)

Decision Support for Coral Reef Fisheries Management: Community Input as a Means of Informing Policy in American Samoa

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

Group Members: Stacey Kilarski, Daniel Klaus, Jennifer Lipscomb, Kimberly Matsoukas, Robert Newton, Abagail Nugent

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Client: American Samoa Department of Marine & Wildlife Resources

Waste Today, Wall Tomorrow: Assessment of an Innovative Straw Block for Residential Construction

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

Group Members: Betsy Abbott, Mark Frickel, Daniel Hall, Kara Shuster, Patrick Yellin

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Client: Oryzatech, Inc.

Analysis of Water Resources Management Strategies for the Santa Ana River Watershed: Water Reuse, Recharge and Use Efficiency

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

Group Members: Nathan Adams, Heather Allen, Amy Burgard, Courtney Dietz, Po Chi Fung, Karl Rittger

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller, Robert Wilkinson

Client: Earth Resource Foundation

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

Assessment of the California Spiny Lobster Panulirus Interruptus Recreational Fishery in the Santa Barbara Region

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

Group Members: Tal Ben-Horin, Caroline De Zutter, Andrew Ma, Geoffrey Ravenhill

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Client: Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

Assessment of Stressor Impact on Streams in the Los Padres National Forest Using Benthic Macroinvertebrate Indices

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

Group Members: Erin Hardison, Christopher Jones, Alexander Pappas, Kathryn Wuelfing

Faculty Advisors: Jeff Dozier

Client: US Forest Service

Changing the Campus Climate: Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions at the University of California, Santa Barbara

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

Group Members: Fahmida Ahmed, Jeff Brown, David Felix, Todd Haurin, Betty Seto

Faculty Advisors: Oran Young

Client: National Association of Environmental Law Societies

Microbiological Water Quality Investigation for Las Palmas Creek, Hope Ranch, Santa Barbara, CA

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

Group Members: Sean Kilgore, Erin Nuccio, Pauling Sun, Niki Wilson

Faculty Advisors: Patricia Holden

Client: Hope Ranch Homeowner's Association

A Framework For Developing a Sustainable Watershed Management Plan for San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

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

Group Members: Karin Bencala, Rolf Hains, Eric Liu, Theresa Mogeire, Dan Segan, Samantha Stevens

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller

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

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

Group Members: Kristi Birney, Amber Griffin, Jonathan Gwiazda, Johnny Kefauver, Takehiko Nagai, Douglas Varchol

Faculty Advisors: John Melack

Client: Nautilus Minerals Ltd., Conservation International, GSI

End of Life Management of Cell Phones in the United States

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

Group Members: Vered Doctori, Leigh Favret, Mihoyo Fuji, Sarvy Mahdavi, Robert Miller, Joaquin Neira

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer

Client: Nokia

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

Measuring and Managing Agricultural Impacts on Water Resources: A Case Study of the Pangani Basin in Tanzania

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

Group Members: Edward Belden, Daniel Gullett, Brooke O'Hanley, Adam Teekell

Faculty Advisors: Oran Young

Client: United Nations Environmental Programme

Wiring the Farm: Operational Practices for Sustainable Agriculture

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

Group Members: David Beard, Augusto Bedoya, Erin Darling, Daniel Kahn

Faculty Advisors: Jeff Dozier, John Melack

Client: Sunnyside Institute

An Environmental and Economic Analysis of Cruise Ship Discharges in California State Waters

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

Group Members: Nicholas Huber, Arianne Rettinger, Melissa Soto, Rachel Tornek, Megan Williams

Faculty Advisors: Dennis Aigner, Cathie Ramus

Client: Ocean Conservancy, Oceana, Ocean Wilderness

Analysis of Tradable Credits as a Potential Cost Minimization Tool for California RPS Implementation

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

Group Members: Hillary Boyce, Ann Cavanaugh, Mark Hildebrand, Tatiana Inouye, Adam Teepe

Faculty Advisors: Charles Kolstad, Antonia Bento

Client: California Energy Commission

A Cost and Environmental Analysis of Aquatic Plant Management in California

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

Group Members: Geoffrey Frieman, Garrett Lehman, Julie Quinn, Marion Wittmann

Faculty Advisors: Chris Marwood

Evaluation and Augmentation of the Shallow Subtidal Monitoring Plan for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Protected Areas

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

Group Members: Adina Abeles, Kevin Afflerbaugh, Larry Chiang, Benjamin Pitterle, Matthew Stadler

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Client: California Department of Fish & Wildlife, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

Valuing Marine Protected Areas: A Monitoring Protocol for Recreational Non-Consumptive Use Applied to the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary

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

Group Members: Robert Ellis, Kristine Herrington, Katrina Jessoe, Helene Scalliet

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello, Mike McGinnis

Client: Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary