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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. 

Students and wheelbarrow filled with removed weeds
Coastal Prairie training materials

2009 to 2013

Partners: Bodega Pastures, CDFW's Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program, California Native Plant Society, California State Parks, Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, Ocean Song, Sonoma Counjty Ag & Open Space, Sonoma Land Trust, Center for Environmental Inquiry, UC Davis Plant Sciences, UC Davis CSTARS Lab, UC Davis Bodega Marine Reserve

Students taking a core sample in a marsh
Marsh sedimentation rates at the Osborn Preserve

2012 to 2013

Faculty: Michelle Goman

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry, Sonoma County Water Agency

Osborn Shed
Changes in land use at the Osborn Preserve

2013-present

Faculty: Steve Estes

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry, History Department, Donors and Faculty Affiliated with Osborn Preserve

Coastal Prairie Website Homepage
California's Coastal Prairies website

2010 to 2013

Partners: Ocean Song Farm and Wilderness Center, Center for Environmental Inquiry, Diana Jeffery

Several images of disinterested people
Center Marketing Project

2013

Faculty: Kyuho Lee

Partners: Business Administration, Center for Environmental Inquiry

Bob Johnson
Bob Johnson oral history project

2012

Faculty: Steve Estes

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry

Climate Pod Diagram
A Mobile Climate Sensor

2011 to 2012

Faculty: Farid Farahmand

Partners: Engineering Science, Center for Environmental Inquiry

Spotted Owl
Galbreath Special Status Species Assessment

2010 to 2011

Faculty: Nathan Rank, Derek Girman, Rich Whitkus, Matt Clark

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry

two students with newly installed weather station tower
Osborn weather station

2010 to 2011

Faculty: Farid Farahmand, Mohammed Haider

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry, Department of Engineering, Department of Geography

Cows Grazing
Weed Management Planning at the Osborn Preserve

2011

Faculty: Caroline Christian

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry