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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.

A woman holds a plastic plate next to vat of algae

Biodegradation of Polylactate Bioplastic

2021

Faculty: Michael Cohen

Title slide showing rocks under trees

A roadmap to restrooms

2021

Faculty: Armand Gilinksy

Partners: Sonoma Water

title slide dark blue with white writing and Zoom face

Aligning the universe on homelessness and water quality in Sonoma County

2021

Faculty: Megan Burke

Partners: Sonoma Water

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Where are resources needed?

2021

Faculty: David Sul

Partners: Sonoma Water

graphic of algae and seagrass

Sea Otters and Aquatic Vegetation

2021

Faculty: Wendy St. John

A Chinook salmon leaps out of turbulent water

Effect of Droughts on Chinook Salmon

2021

Faculty: Martha Shott

a sign in front of a trail by a marsh

The Home of the Native Americans

2020

Faculty: Jeffrey Reeder

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry

Map of California with red gradient indicating burned areas

Rainfall and Vegetation Growth in Wildfire Areas

2020

Faculty: José Javier Hernández Ayala

fire over ridge

The Role of Trust in Organizational Resilience

2017-2020

Faculty: Gilinsky, Ford, Sen, Newton, Canavati de la Torre

Partners: Wine Business Institute Board, Rabo AgriFinance

two people reaching up into tree to install a small audiomoth circuit board

Bird Song Monitoring

2017 to present

Faculty: Chris Halle

Partners: Mendocino County Resource Conservation District, Anderson Valley Unified School District