The Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences Department provides ethical, science-based education and research in the sustainable management, protection, and restoration of land resources related to soil, water, forests, range, wildlife, and related environmental values.
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Senior Projects from 2013
Common Core 4th Grade Environmental Science Lesson Plans for California Teachers, Gillian Schoenfeld
Late-Quaternary Channel Migration in Red Rock Canyon State Park, California; Implications for Regional Tectonics, Kirk Forrest Townsend
A Study of Escherichia coli Presence in Viscera Before and After Anaerobic Composting, Grant M. Williams
Senior Projects from 2012
Geochemistry and geochronology of the Central Metasedimentary Belt boundary thrust zone thrust sheets in Southern Ontario, Grenville Province, Kenjo Agustsson
A Study of Enhanced De-chlorination and Bio-Remediation: Molasses Injections into Groundwater, Brent Anderson
Environmental Justice: The Significance of Race and Class in Determining Areas of Environmental Pollution, Kaylee Beckman
An Education on Growing Water Scarcity and the Benefits of Domestic Greywater Recycling Systems, Patricia Cates
Geologic Formation of the Nipomo-Guadalupe Dunes and Historic Background of the Preserve, Mallory K. Claassen
Climate Change and the Water Crisis in Israel, Lauren Deutsch
A Chemical and Morphological Study of Soils at the Cal Poly Vineyard, Glade A. Dlott
Wildland Urban Interface Assessment of San Luis Obispo, California, Brian Hanson, Stephen Kadash, and Nicholi Mackewicz
A Discussion of Factors Involved in the Formation of Slab Avalanches and an Analysis of Avalanche Risk in The Sierra Nevada Mountains Using GIS, Kevin C. Howen
Camera Survey of Wildlife Corridors Adjacent to Highway 101, Grace K. Mannell and Chelsea E. Rose
Wildlife Camera Carnivore Survey: Santa Margarita Ranch, CA, Christina McAdams
Factors Influencing Landslides in the Bittercreek Wildlife Refuge, David McEachern
Modeling Glacial Termination, Michael Murphy
Determining Ancient Movement of the Sur–Nacimiento Fault Zone Using Detrital Zircon Geochronology, Jennifer Per Lee
The Effects of Biochar Age and Concentration on Soil Retention of Phosphorus and Infiltration Rate, Emilie Schneider
Soil Mapping on a Swanton Pacific Ranch Rangeland, Thomas N. Witman
Senior Projects from 2011
Evaluation and Utilization of the Continuous Forest Inventory System at Swanton Pacific Ranch, Dominic Ali and Reid Cody
Creating an Environmental Education Program for Camp Fire USA, Shannon Diaz
Post-Fire Near-Surface Runoff From Small-Scale Rainfall Simulations, Santa Cruz Mountains, Michael Founds
Evidence of Tectonic Uplift along the Oceanic Fault near San Simeon, San Luis Obispo County, California, George Gecy
Rangeland Oak Regeneration, Rehabilitation, and Conservation in Varian Ranch, Arroyo Grande, CA., Tiffany Lappinga and Ivy Ku