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The Center archives environmental inquiry projects conducted by SSU students. Launched in 2010, the archive now contains results from over 140 student projects on a wide range of topics. We provide abstracts, research methods, results and data sets where possible. 

Ticks in gass vials
Frequency of ticks carrying Lyme disease

2019

Faculty: Nathan Rank, Martha Shott, Melina Kozanitas, Wendy St. John

Partners: Pepperwood Preserve, Center for Environmental Inquiry, Sonoma County Public Health Laboratory

Students taking water samples in creek
Effects of land use on water quality

2019

Faculty: Robin Glas, Wendy St. John, Nathan Rank

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry

Student placing temperature sensor in creek
Steelhead habitat quality studies

2016 to 2019

Faculty: Wendy St. John, Robin Glas, Martha Shott, Nathan Rank, Jeremy Qualls, Melina Kozanitas

Partners: Sonoma State University, Center for Environmental Inquiry

Peter Newson watering plants
Effects of fungi on soil fertility

2019

Faculty: Nathan Rank, Martha Shott,  Melina Kozanitas

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry

Topographic map of thistle distribution
Control of yellow star thistle

2019

Faculty: Robin Glas, Wendy St. John

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry

Oak Trees
Electromagnetic properties of diseased oaks

2019

Faculty: Mohamed Salem, Robin Glas, Wendy St. John, Melina Kozanitas

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry

shrubs on study plot
Effects of oak disease on wildfire burn severity

2018 to present

Faculty: Lisa Patrick Bentley

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry, North Carolina State University, California Polytechnic State University

Mavic Pro Drone
Drone support for environmental studies

2018 to present

Faculty: Owen Anfinson

Partners: Sonoma Water, Cotati Fire Department, Center for Environmental Inquiry, SSU Police Department

Copeland Creek diagram
Copeland Creek flood analysis

2018

Faculty: Owen Anfinson, Michelle Goman

Partners: Sonoma County Water Agency, Center for Environmental Inquiry, Department of Transportation, Sonoma Resource Conservation District, City of Rohnert Park, City of Penngrove, City of Petaluma