Master's Project Directory

Economic Valuation of Southern California Coastal Wetlands

Faculty Advisors: Andrew Plantinga

Clients: Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project

Vessel Speed Reduction, Air Pollution, and Whale Strike Tradeoffs in the Santa Barbara Channel Region

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Clients: Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Testing the Economic Feasibility of Seaweed Aquaculture in Southern California

Faculty Advisors: Hunter Lenihan

Clients: Santa Barbara Mariculture, Sustainable Aquaculture Research Center

Eco-Entrepreneurship: Sunset Power Solutions

Faculty Advisors: Emily Cotter

Eco-Entrepreneurship: BranchOut

Faculty Advisors: Matt Potoski, Emily Cotter

Eco-Entrepreneurship: OrganicMatters

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller, Emily Cotter

A Greater Gray: A Larval Connectivity Assessment of Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary

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

Faculty Advisors: Gary Libecap

Clients: American Prairie Reserve

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

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

Faculty Advisors: Kyle Meng

Clients: Green Seal

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

Faculty Advisors: James Salzman

Clients: The Nature Conservancy

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

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

Faculty Advisors: Andrew Plantinga

Clients: Rare - Fish Forever Program

Carbon Zero: Curbing Climate Change and Driving Energy Efficiency at UCSB

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

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

Faculty Advisors: Derek Booth

Clients: South Yuba River Citizens League