Master's Project Directory

Wild Pig Management at the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve

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

Group Members: Benson Truong, Shuhan Song, AJ Zekanoski, Peter Omasta

Faculty Advisors: Kelly Caylor, Christopher Costello

Client: The Nature Conservancy

Promoting Multi-benefit Floodplain Conservation Strategies Along the Lower Santa Clara River Through the Prioritization of Agricultural Conservation Easements

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

Group Members: Lili Prahl, Jon Montgomery, Peter Shellenbarger, Whitney Wilkinson

Faculty Advisors: Robert Wilkinson

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

Guiding Insurance Instruments to Leverage Natural Infrastructure for Climate Change Resilience

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2019)

Group Members: Mario Colon, Daniel Elkin, Lauren Kaapcke, Madison Meltzer, Casey Moorhead

Faculty Advisors: Ashley Larsen, Samantha Stevenson

Client: The Nature Conservancy

Managing Endemic Species Across the California Islands Archipelago in the Face of Climate Change

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2019)

Group Members: Sofie McComb, Claire Powers, Jazmine Uy, Alyssa Winchell, Laura Wolf

Faculty Advisors: John Melack, Bruce Kendall

Client: The Nature Conservancy, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Evaluating Watershed Ecosystem Services and Nature-Based Conservation Solutions in the Carson and Walker Basins

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2019)

Group Members: McKenzie Bradford, Paige Fitzgibbon, Eric Holmes, Marina Lindsay, Austin Melcher

Faculty Advisors: Scott Jasechko

Client: The Nature Conservancy

Using Historical Ecology to Guide Restoration and Management Planning at Point Conception’s Dangermond Preserve

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2019)

Group Members: Brad Anderson, Meghan Bowen, Lucy Genua, Kymberly Howo, Genelle Ives

Faculty Advisors: Kelly Caylor

Client: The Nature Conservancy

Building a Case for Conservation-Compatible Renewable Energy Development in the US Wind Belt

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2019)

Group Members: Hanna Buechi, Alexander Irvin, Delaney Roney, Margaux Sleckman, Cristina Sparks

Faculty Advisors: Kyle C. Meng, Sarah Anderson

Client: The Nature Conservancy

Evaluating Management Scenarios to Revitalize the California Commercial Swordfish Fishery

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2015)

Group Members: Paige Berube, Jenny Couture, Miguel Gomez Munoz, Lexi Journey, Aliya Rubinstein

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Client: NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, The Nature Conservancy

Local Clean Energy Vision for Southern California

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

Group Members: Jordan Isken, Keene Morrow, Audrey Nolan, David Segan, Richard Viebrock

Faculty Advisors: Andrew Plantinga, Kyle C. Meng

Client: The Nature Conservancy, Clean Power Alliance