Master's Project Directory

A Citizen Science Monitoring Protocol for the Rocky Intertidal Habitat

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2016)

Group Members: Erica Felins, Tova Handelman, Aaron Howard, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes

Faculty Advisors: John Melack

Client: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

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

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2016)

Group Members: Nico Alegria, Juliana Matos, Sarah McCutcheon

Faculty Advisors: Sarah Anderson

Client: City of Santa Barbara Fire Department

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

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2016)

Group Members: Andy Bilich, Love Goyal, James Hansen, Anjana Krishnan, Kevin Langham

Faculty Advisors: Roland Geyer

Client: First Solar, Inc.

Biological and Social Tradeoffs of Implementing Fair Trade USA in Small-Scale Fisheries: A Case Study of Costa Rican Snapper

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2016)

Group Members: Juliana Herrera, Serena Lomonico, Katherine Millage, Iris Shin

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Client: Conservation International

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

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2016)

Group Members: Ian Bell, Eliza Berry, Zachary McKelvey, Brooke Prentice-Dekker, Marc Steele

Faculty Advisors: Derek Booth

Client: UCSB Riparian Invasion Research Lab

Factors Influencing the Expansion of Environmental Water Markets

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2016)

Group Members: Alexander Bennett, Lillian Burns, Adriel Leon, Martin Merz, Patricia Song

Faculty Advisors: Gary Libecap

Client: Mammoth Trading, Inc., Water for Food Daugherty Global Institute - University of Nebraska

Finding a Place for Conservation: A bio-economic analysis to inform the re-zoning of the Galápagos Marine Reserve

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2016)

Group Members: Jesse Goldstein, Smadar Levy, Juan Mayorga, Vanessa Perkins, Alexandra Vasquez

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Client: National Geographic Society Pristine Seas

Gallatin Valley Water Exchange: A market-based approach to sustainable water management in Western Montana

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2016)

Group Members: Karen Askeland, James Baglia, Ria Boner, Leah Fine, David Gruen, Rachel O'Connor

Faculty Advisors: Thomas Dunne

Client: The Nature Conservancy, Trout Unlimited

Global Spatial Analysis to Identify and Characterize Wood Sourcing Regions

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2016)

Group Members: Amanda Chao, Mitchell Maier, Michael Millstein, Julia Paltseva

Faculty Advisors: Lee Hannah

Client: The Sustainability Consortium

Microfiber Pollution and the Apparel Industry

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2016)

Group Members: Nicholas Bruce, Niko Hartline, Stephanie Karba, Bess Ruff, Shreya Sonar

Faculty Advisors: Patricia Holden

Client: Patagonia

More Housing, Fewer Cars: Reducing Commute-Related Emissions on the South Coast

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2016)

Group Members: Jennifer Bankie, Kaitlin Carney, Michelle Graff, Amy Stuyvesant

Faculty Advisors: Mark Buntaine

Client: City of Santa Barbara Planning Commission

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

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2016)

Group Members: Natalie Cochran, Stephanie Griffin, Jennifer Kidson, Amanda Silver-Westrick, Cody Wilgus

Faculty Advisors: Robert Wilkinson

Client: Santa Barbara Channelkeeper

A Water Budget Analysis to Support Sustainable Water Management for Human and Ecological Needs in the Black River Basin, New Mexico

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2014)

Group Members: Jessica Arm, Todd Carlin, Nicole Kahal, Hannah Riseley-White, Elizabeth Ross

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller

Client: New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission

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

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2014)

Group Members: Alexandre Caillat, Bret Callaway, Drake Hebert, Andrew Nguyen, Shelby Petro

Faculty Advisors: John Melack

Client: WildEarth Guardians

California Climate Action Plan Implementation

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2014)

Group Members: Yuwei Qin, Shannon Rivers, Jenny Roecks, Francisca Santana

Faculty Advisors: Sarah Anderson

Client: DNV KEMA

Comparing Mitigation Alternatives: Ecological Outcomes and Policy Implications

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2014)

Group Members: Samantha Arthur, Andrés Estrada, Ivy Khu, Lindsey Sarquilla, Neil Wilson

Faculty Advisors: Matthew Potoski

Client: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

Data-driven Sustainable Food Purchasing

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2014)

Group Members: Katie Filippini, Clay Heinrich, Jason Huffine, Dustin Merback, Harish Prather, Hannah Tillmann

Faculty Advisors: Sangwon Suh

Client: Google, Inc.

Developing a Wild Pig (Sus Scrofa) Management Plan for Tejon Ranch

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2014)

Group Members: Jocelyn Christie, Emily DeMarco, Elizabeth Hiroyasu, Adam Kreger, Maxwell Ludington

Faculty Advisors: Christina (Naomi) Tague

Client: Tejon Ranch Conservancy

Discover TURFs: A Global Assessment of Territorial Use Rights in Fisheries to Determine Variability in Success and Design

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2014)

Group Members: Gina Auriemma, Kristen Byler, Katie Peterson, Alana Yurkanin

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Client: Rare Conservation

Evaluating Offshore Wind Energy Feasibility off the California Central Coast

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2014)

Group Members: Luke Feinberg, Zach Jylkka, Mengya Tao, Benjamin White, Yingda Xu

Faculty Advisors: Bruce Kendall

Client: Community Environmental Council, Infinity Wind Power