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 2019
Investigation of Pervasive Clay Layers and Their Effect on Groundwater Flow Using Electrical Resistivity Tomography in the San Antonio Groundwater Basin, James M. Carlson
Investigation into strath terrace production in the Mud Hills, California, Patrick Morley Miller
Beaver (Castor Canadensis) of the Salinas River: A Human Dimensions-Inclusive Overview for Assessing Landscape-Scale Beaver-Assisted Restoration Opportunities, Stuart Christian Suplick
Senior Projects from 2018
Tectonic Controls on Alluvial Fan Dissection in the El Paso Mountains, Michael Thomas Gaffney
Column Tests of Nitrate Breakthrough Behavior in Subsurface Sediments to Understand Transport in the Root-Zone, Rebecca Sally Haworth and Emma Rose Goodwin
Senior Projects from 2017
Stream Terrace Genesis Along Bunte Creek in the Elkhorn Plain, CA, Madi Allgaier, Shelley Anderson, and Duncan Lord
A Study of Marine Terrace Formation Along the California Central Coast, Mary C. Devlin
Soil Science Lesson Plan for the Cal Poly Learn By Doing Lab, Kelsey Ormonde
Senior Projects from 2016
Structure and geochronology of the White Fork pluton, southern Sierra Nevada, Ian Richard Mahaffey
Senior Projects from 2015
Digitization of Disturbance History for Swanton Pacific Ranch from 1989 to 2015, Daniel McQuillan
Senior Projects from 2014
Relationship between soil moisture and electrical resistivity in a native meadow and forest ecotone, Todd Davis
Utilizing Indicator of Reduction in Soils Tubes to Affirm a Serpentinitic Hydric Soil on the California Central Coast, Jason DeMoss
Relationship of Joint Sets to Folded Diatomite Bedding of the Miguelito Member of the Pismo Formation in Montaña de Oro State Park, Michael McMahan
Land Management Practices and their effects on Grouse Populations of the American Pacific Northwest, Connor Michael Pompa
Detrital Zircon Geochemistry of the Nacimiento Block, Santa Ynez Mountains, California, Vincent Zhao
Senior Projects from 2013
Habitat Type Mapping in Montana de Oro State Park Through GIS Image Classification, Evan Corrales and Sarah Fockler
Geoelectrical Detection of Water Table Depth at two Locations in the Los Osos Groundwater Basin, Hallie A. Douglas
Surficial Geologic Map of Kings Canyon: Implications for Relatively Slow Stream Incision Rates, Andrew Farris
Lower San Luis Obispo Creek Stewardship Plan, Raven Lukehart and Daniel Bohlman
Road Cuts and Atterberg Limits of Little Creek Road, Christopher A. Marquis
A Study of Knickpoint Formation: Geomorphic Analysis of San Simeon Creek, Keith Moffatt
Depth to Bedrock Estimations Using the H/V Spectral Ratio in the San Joaquin Valley, Tyler A. Morelli
Variability in soil climate and respiration on managed timber stands: A case study in southwest Oregon, Scott Pensky and Adrian Gallo
Impact of Hydraulic Fracturing on Ground and Surface Water Resources, Reyna Schenck