Master's Project Directory

Motivating Private-Public Collaboration to Reduce Fire Severity in the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Justin Heyerdahl, Chris Hughes, Tess Morgridge, Craig O'Neill, Jason White

Faculty Advisors: Christina (Naomi) Tague

Client: Sierra Resource Conservation District

Achieving Carbon Neutrality at UCSB by 2025: A Critical Analysis of Technological and Financial Strategies

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Henry Bart, Brandon Kaysen, Melissa Maggass, Hye Min Park, Owen Watson

Faculty Advisors: Sangwon Suh

Client: UCSB Chancellor's Sustainability Committee

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

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Sarah Antonelli, Kristen Boysen, Charlie Piechowski, Mike Smith, Geoff Willard

Faculty Advisors: Ben Halpern

Client: Defenders of Wildlife

Economic Valuation of Southern California Coastal Wetlands

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Jane Ballard, Jennifer Pezda, Devin Spencer

Faculty Advisors: Andrew Plantinga

Client: Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project

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

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Master's Group Project (2018)

Group Members: Jennifer Bone, Elena Meza, Kendall Mills, Laura Lea Rubino, Lily Tsukayama

Faculty Advisors: Steve Gaines

Client: 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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eco-Entrepreneurship: Fruit Forward: Recapturing the Beneficial Properties of Wine Grape Skins and Seeds to Produce an Organic Preservative

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2016)

Group Members: Summer Broeckx-Smith, Jessica Sexton

Faculty Advisors: Emily Cotter, Bruce Kendall, David Tilman

Eco-Entrepreneurship: InGrain: Transforming Brewery Waste Into Sustainable Packaging and Marketing Solutions

Master of Environmental Science and Management: Eco-Entrepreneurship Project (2016)

Group Members: Terra Alpaugh, Cameron Dunning, Talia Ibarguen

Faculty Advisors: Emily Cotter, Matthew Potoski

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