Projects from 2024
GPS Accuracy of Smartphones for Crowdsourcing Research, Derron L. Dike
Water Quality Assessment for San Luis Obispo Creek and Stenner Creek, Brent Flemmer
EVALUATING CORPORATE MARINE PLASTIC POLLUTION REDUCTION PLEDGES: ACHIEVING PLASTIC REDUCTIONS OR CONTRIBUTING TO GREENWASHING, Ansar Z. Mohammed
Barriers to Implementaion of California Vegetation Treatment Program Projects, Jacquelyn Morales
Projects from 2023
Using Remote Sensing to Determine Riparian Resilience in Beaver Dammed Versus Un-Dammed Corridors Following Whiplash Weather, Sophie Charlotte Valérie Aubry
Establishing a Monitoring Framework to Evaluate Impacts of Grazing Exclusion and Inform Restoration at Santa Rita Ranch, Annie Booth and Annie Booth
Fire Effects on Soil Organic Matter in the Creek Fire, Gracie E. Doolin
Environmental Controls on Soil Organic Matter Fractions in Post-fire Landscapes, Alexis Heuer
ANALYSIS AND INSTALLATION OF A DEMONSTRATION AGROFORESTRY ORCHARD FOR CALIFORNIAN MEDITERRANEAN PLANT COMMUNITIES, Brandon Hurd
The methods of communication and education used to train forest and fire personnel through the Swanton Pacific Ranch, Christine Brittney Johnson
Identifying the Stream Depletion Paradox by Monitoring a Stream’s Response to Aquifer Pumping from Neighboring Wells, James Klueber
Soil Burn Severity and Environmental Covariate Effects on Soil Health Two Years Postfire in the Sierra Nevada, Julie A. Lewis
Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation and cover crop on soil carbon dynamics and microbial communities in a Mediterranean lemon orchard., Anna Rodriguez-Paiatsyka
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fire Behavior Impacts Following California Fuel Treatments, Lindsay M. Senechal
Assessing Environmental Impact of the Built Environment by Adopting Life Cycle Design: Using Swanton Pacific Ranch as a Case Study, Hope E. Springer
Pumping-Induced Drawdown of Streams in Proximity to Agricultural Wells, Sara Alina Sternberg
Projects from 2022
A Cradle-to-Gate Life Cycle Assessment of American Hops in the Craft Beer Supply Chain, Carson Bristol
TESTING THE RELIABILITY OF CIVIC SCIENCE DATA COLLECTION OF PLANT TRAITS IN A PERENNIAL SUNFLOWER DOMESTICATION EXPERIMENT, Robyn A. Brooks
Santa Margarita Watershed Sanitary Survey Update for 2021, Timothy Chen
Post-Fire Erosion Following the CZU Lightning Complex Fire: Quantifying Hillslope Erosion and Providing Guidance Towards Improving Post-Fire Response, Matthew C. Crockett and Matthew Crockett
BARRIERS AND MOTIVATIONS TO RESIDENTIAL PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIONS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO, Dalis Rae De La Mora
Assessing the Effectiveness of Climate Change Science Communication in an Online Carbon Footprint Assessment, Jack Dimmock
Vermicompost versus Traditional Compost Amendments Leads to Different Soil Health Outcomes in a Mediterranean Vineyard, Elizabeth L. Luck
Impacts of Fertility on Physiological Stress, Photosynthetic Activity, and Crop Development in Salanova Lettuce, Sarah I. Miller
Establishing a Baseline Vegetation Study of the Monterey Pine Forest Understory in the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve, Natalie Nemeth
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MAPPING IN THE U.S. PACIFIC ISLAND TERRITORY OF GUAM, Ben Rocha
Environmental Justice Mapping in the U.S. Pacific Island Territory of Guam, Sina Schwenk-Mueller
Water Quality Assessment for San Luis Obispo Creek and Stenner Creek, Jesse Stewart
Projects from 2021
EVALUATION OF HEAT TOLERANT CAULIFLOWER VARIETIES ON CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL COAST, Lauren Booke
SOIL DISTURBANCE IN SIERRA NEVADA MONTANE MEADOW FOLLOWING LODGEPOLE PINE REMOVAL, Nicholas Cary
FUEL INVENTORY REPORT FOR MONTANA DE ORO STATE PARK, Spencer Gordon
PITCH CANKER IN THE AÑO NUEVO MONTEREY PINE STAND: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS, Davis Harrison
CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND WATER CONSERVATION DECISION-MAKING IN PASO ROBLES, CALIFORNIA VINEYARDS, Christopher Klier
UNDERSTORY VEGETATION COMPOSITION AND SMALL MAMMAL ABUNDANCE IN AN EXOTIC EUCALYPTUS FOREST VS ADJACENT NATIVE HABITAT, Kelly McFadden
PLASTIC IN AGRICULTURAL SOILS AND ITS BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS, Olivia McKay
INTERCROPPING AND DENISITY IMPACTS IN A LETTUCE AND CHARD AGROECOSYSTEM, Sophia Moser
MEASURING HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY USING FLEXIBLE WALLED PERMEAMETER AND ASTM METHOD D5084, Bradon Povah
A COMPARATIVE REVIEW OF CELL-BASED MARICULTURE AND CONVENTIONAL SEAFOOD LIFE CYCLE ASSESMENTS, Kyle Rathbone
ASSESSING THE WATER QUALITY OF THREE BAR-BUILT ESTUARIES IN THE CENTRAL COAST OF CALIFORNIA, Micaelina Sarmiento Martinez
BIOPLASTICS IN THE CONSUMER MARKET, Elena Strom
POST-CZU LIGHTNING COMPLEX REGENERATION IN THE AÑO NUEVO MONTEREY PINE STAND, Allison Trutna
Projects from 2020
ASSESSING UNDERGRADUATE SUSTAINABILITY KNOWLEDGE AT CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, Elysa Briens
AN ANALYSIS OF URBAN DENSIFICATION AND ON-ROAD CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS WITHIN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Michael Brown
PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF HERBICIDE ENVIRONMENTAL FATE AND TRANSPORT IN CALIFORNIA AND THE MORRO BAY WATERSHED ENVIRONMENT, Alexandra Carlson
INFLUENCES OF CONSERVATION FARMING PRACTICE ADOPTION AMONGST VINEYARDS ON THE CENTRAL COAST OF CALIFORNIA, Jazlyn Guerrero
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DISASTER MITIGATION IN CAMBRIA, CA, Erin Lucett
A HYDROLOGIC MODEL OF THE NORTHERN LIMB OF THE SAN LUIS OBISPO VALLEY AQUIFER BY USE OF COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS® SIMULATION SOFTWARE, Claire Momberger
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION DECISION-MAKING UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL RISK AND UNCERTAINTY ON THE CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST, Diego Rivera
Observing and Measuring Water Quality of Central California Estuaries for Steelhead Trout (Onchorynchus mykiss), Charles Alexander Taylor
A GROUNDWATER MODEL OF THE SAN LUIS OBISPO VALLEY BASIN USING COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS, Brian Whetsler