Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences Department faculty research focuses on ethical and data-driven sustainable management, protection, and restoration of land resources related to soil, water, forests, range, wildlife, and related environmental values.
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Submissions from 2021
Assessing Stream-Aquifer Connectivity in a Coastal California Watershed, Bwalya Malama, Devin Pritchard-Peterson, John J. Jasbinsek, and Christopher Surfleet
Submissions from 2014
Classification of Plot-Level Fire-Caused Tree Mortality in a Redwood Forest Using Digital Orthophotography and LiDAR, Brian D. Bishop, Brian C. Dietterick, Russell A. White, and Tom B. Mastin
Theory of transient streaming potentials in coupled unconfined aquifer-unsaturated zone flow to a well, Bwalya Malama
Investigation of thermochemical biorefinery sizing and environmental sustainability impacts for conventional supply system and distributed pre-processing supply system designs, David J. Muth Jr, Matthew H. Langholtz, Eric CD Tan, Jacob J. Jacobson, Amy Schwab, May M. Wu, Andrew Argo, Craig C. Brandt, Kara G. Cafferty, Yi-Wen Chiu, Abhijit Dutta, Laurence M. Eaton, and Erin M. Searcy
Leadership - A Lifetime Quest for Excellence, Douglas D. Piirto
Life-cycle Water Quantity and Water Quality Implications of Biofuels, May Wu, Zhonglong Zhang, and Yi-Wen Chiu
Submissions from 2013
Investigation of biochemical biorefinery sizing and environmental sustainability impacts for conventional bale system and advanced uniform biomass logistics designs, Andrew M. Argo, Eric CD Tan, Daniel Inman, Matt H. Langholtz, Lawrence M. Eaton, Jacob J. Jacobson, Christopher T. Wright, David J. Muth Jr., May M. Wu, Yi-Wen Chiu, and Robin L. Graham
Considering Water Availability and Wastewater Resources in the Development of Algal Bio-Oil, Yi-Wen Chiu and May Wu
The water footprint of biofuel produced from forest wood residue via a mixed alcohol gasification process, Yi-Wen Chiu and May Wu
The Burning Question: Why is Fire Season Becoming Worse?, Christopher Dicus
Compressed Air Foam and Structural Firefighting Research, Christopher Dicus, Thomas Korman, Casey Grant, Steve Lohr, Dan Madrzykowski, Fred Mowrer, Chris Pascual, and Dan Turner
Recognizing and modeling variable drawdown due to evapotranspiration in a semiarid riparian zone considering local differences in vegetation and distance from a river source, Brady Johnson, Bwalya Malama, Warren Barrash, and Alejandro N. Flores
Core-scale solute transport model selection using Monte Carlo analysis, Bwalya Malama, Kristopher L. Kuhlman, and Scott C. James
Variability in effect of climate change on rain-on-snow peak flow events in a temperate climate, Christopher G. Surfleet and Desirèe Tullos
Submissions from 2012
First Record of Serropalpus substriatus Haldeman, 1848 (Coleoptera: Melandryidae) on giant sequoia, Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) J. Buchholz (Cupressaceae): New larval host, Kim S. Camilli, Joshua D. Soderlund, David Wood, Jim Kral, and Douglas D. Piirto
Measuring Ecological Impact of Water Consumption by Bioethanol Using Life Cycle Impact Assessment, Yi-Wen Chiu, Sangwon Suh, Stephan Pfister, Stefanie Hellweg, and Annette Koehler
Assessing County-Level Water Footprints of Different Cellulosic- Biofuel Feedstock Pathways, Yi-Wen Chiu and May Wu
An Approach to Study the Effect of Harvest and Wildfire on Watershed Hydrology and Sediment Yield in a Coast Redwood Forest, Christopher G. Surfleet, Arne Skaugset, and Brian Dietterick
Uncertainty in hydrologic modelling for estimating hydrologic response due to climate change (Santiam River, Oregon), Christopher G. Surfleet and Desirée Tullos
Selection of Hydrologic Modeling Approaches for Climate Change Assessment: A Comparison of Model Scale and Structures, Christopher G. Surfleet, Desirèe Tullos, Heejun Chang, and Il-Won Jung
Quantifying the regional water footprint of biofuel production by incorporating hydrologic modeling, M. Wu, Y. Chiu, and Y. Demissie
Submissions from 2011
Using FORSEE and Continuous Forest Inventory Information to Evaluate Implementation of Uneven-aged Management in Santa Cruz County Coast Redwood Forests, Douglas D. Piirto, Scott Sink, Dominic Ali, Steve Auten, Christopher Hipkin, and Reid Cody
Road Runoff and Sediment Sampling for Determining Road Sediment Yield at the Watershed Scale, Christopher G. Surfleet, Arne E. Skaugset III, and Matthew W. Meadows
Submissions from 2010
Trends in Soil Science Education and Employment, J. Havlin, N. Balster, S. Chapman, D. Ferris, T. Thompson, and T. Smith
Uncertainty Assessment of Forest Road Modeling with the Distributed Hydrology Soil Vegetation Model (DHSVM), Christopher G. Surfleet, Arne E. Skaugset III, and Jeffrey J. McDonnell