Master's Project Directory

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

Faculty Advisors: Ben Halpern

Clients: Defenders of Wildlife

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

Better Groundwater Management for Agriculture, Habitat and Society

Faculty Advisors: Ashley Larsen

Clients: Environmental Defense Fund

Creating Effective Fish Refuges: Identifying the Keys for Success

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Clients: The Summit Foundation

Developing a Toolkit to Optimize Community Choice Energy Programs

Faculty Advisors: Mark Buntaine

Clients: Center for Climate Protection

Characterizing the Ecological Risk to the Tidewater Goby from Pyrethroid Use in Coastal California

Faculty Advisors: Arturo Keller

Clients: US Fish and Wildlife Service

Securing Water Rights from Retiring Coal-Fired Power Plants for Instream Flow

Faculty Advisors: James Salzman

Clients: The Nature Conservancy

Impact Investment and Fisheries: Can Private Capital Rebuild Chilean Hake Stocks?

Group Members: Nathan Grimes

Faculty Advisors: Christopher Costello

Clients: Environmental Defense Fund

Exploring the Return on Investment Case for Drinking Water Protection in the Upper Mississippi River Basin

Faculty Advisors: Kelly Caylor

Clients: The Nature Conservancy

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