Theses/Project Reports from 2026
Evaluating Carbon Risk and Benefit Under Improved Forest Management Prescriptions in a California Mixed Conifer Stand, Jonathan A. Garcia
Environmental Impact of Preventative Fire-Retardant Applications on Soil Water Chemistry, Patrick C. Michelsen
Theses/Project Reports from 2025
When Trees Disappear: Understory Successional Implications of Sudden Oak Death and High-Severity Wildfire in Big Sur, California, Sam J. Balthazard
From Tree to Shrub? The Fate of Tanoak through Fire and Nonnative Disease, Jacqueline Rose
Theses/Project Reports from 2024
History & Evolution Of Plastic Mulching Technology: An Ethnography Of California Strawberry Plasticulture, Kalea Conrad
Quantifying the Mechanisms Behind Carbon Sequestration and Soil Health Following Compost Application in a Rangeland Chronosequence, Grace Damaschino
Characterizing the Ecological Impacts of Utility-Scale Solar Energy (USSE) on Fallowed Farmland, Amanda Gersoff
Implications Of Persistent Micro-bioplastics On Biogeochemical Properties Across Soil Types, Casandra R. Leach
Barriers To And Solutions For Fuel Treatments In The Central California Coast Ranges, Sierra Dawn Lyman
Hydrologic Response Of Meadow Restoration Following The Removal Of Encroached Conifers, Oriana Ramirez
Hydrological Analysis Of Post-Fire Responses Within The Little Creek Watershed Of Swanton Pacific Ranch, Alexander Jeffrey Wiens
Spatial Drivers of Soil Health in a Post-Fire Watershed, Reed JD Williams
Theses/Project Reports from 2023
The Biological, Physical And Chemical Response Of The Little Creek Watershed To The 2020 CZU Lighting Complex Fire, Natalie Fontana
Theses/Project Reports from 2022
Hydrologic Response of Little Creek to the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex Fire at the Swanton Pacific Ranch, Kylie E. Dupuis
Using Portable X-ray Fluorescence to Predict Physical and Chemical Properties of California Soils, Micaela D. Frye
Efficacy of Chemical and Biological Stump Treatments for the Control of Heterobasidion occidentale Infection of California Abies concolor, Adrian Luis Poloni
Theses/Project Reports from 2021
Characteristics and Management Implications of Mollic Soils in Forest Versus Grassland Settings in Central California, Brian Charles Clark
Climate Adaptation and Water Conservation Decision-Making in Paso Robles, California Vineyards, Christopher R. Klier
Estimating and Modeling Transpiration of a Mountain Meadow Encroached by Conifers Using Sap Flow Measurements, Simon Joseph Marks
A System Dynamics Model of Soil Carbon Stock and Flows in Grasslands Under Climate and Grazing Scenarios., Deirdre Sommerlad-Rogers
Factors Leading to Structure Loss on the Thomas Fire, Rodolfo Uribe
Effects of Compost on Soil Health and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Case Study in a Mediterranean Vineyard, Tsz Fai Wong
Will Oakland Burn Again: Understanding the Fire Hazard in an Urban Park System, Alessandra M. Zambrano
Theses/Project Reports from 2020
The Strawberry Rhizosphere Microbiome: Role on Plant Health and Nutrition, Eric Michael Boyd