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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. 

Map of Copeland Creek showing restoration areas
Copeland Creek Riparian Restoration

2013 to present

Faculty: Wendy St. John, Caroline Christian, Heidi Herrmann, Michelle Goman, Nathan Rank

Partners: Sonoma Water, Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation, Sonoma County Water Agency, CSU Campus as a Living Lab, Sonoma County Youth Ecology Corps, California Conservation Corps

newt on student's hand
Habitat comparisons of herptofauna diversity

2019

Faculty: Wendy St. John

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry

graph with changes in amphibian and reptiles with temperature
Effects of climate on amphibians and reptiles

2019

Faculty: Wendy St. John

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry

bay leaves with brown tips
Factors affecting Sudden Oak Death

2019

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

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry

young douglas fir under oak tree
Douglas fir encroachment

2019

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

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry

old barn
Osborn Campground design project

2013 to present

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry

two students survey channel with transit and pole
Modifying stream channels to control invasive species

2018 to present

Faculty: Jackie Guilford

Partners: Sonoma Water

Two students assess blackberry along a transect line
Impacts and control of Himalayan blackberry

2017 to 2019

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

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry

Student taking measurements in a dry creek bed
Erosion monitoring in the Copeland Creek watershed

2013 to present

Faculty: Michelle Goman, Robin Glas, Wendy St. John, Jeff Baldwin, Owen Anfinson, Jackie Guildford

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry

Students posing with their solar powered boat
Designing a solar powered boat

2016 to present

Faculty: Sara Kassis

Partners: Sacramento Municipal Utility District