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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. 

Alligator Lizard
Effects of fire on wildlife

2018 to 2019

Faculty: Derek Girman

Partners: Pepperwood Preserve

Wild Boar
Technology to control feral pigs

2019

Faculty: Farid Farahmand

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry

A red-shouldered hawk viewed through a spotting scope
Petaluma wetland bird diversity

2019

Faculty: Wendy St. John

Partners: Petaluma Wetlands Alliance

Student holding juvenile skink
Effects of microclimate on herpetofaunal diversity

2017 to 2019

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

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry

Students taking soil samples
Carbon sequestration in wetlands

2018 to 2019

Faculty: Michelle Goman

Partners: Center for Environmental Inquiry

California red-legged frog
California red-legged frog studies

2016 to 2019

Faculty: Derek Girman, Fran Keller

Partners: Sonoma Mountain Ranch Preservation Foundation

California Tiger Salamander
Tiger salamander movement and distribution

2015 to 2019

Faculty: Derek Girman, Jeff Baldwin

Partners: Sonoma County Water Agency, U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife

Juvenile turtle and calipers
Growth and recruitment in western pond turtles

2019

Faculty: Daniel Crocker

Juvenile steelhead trout in plastic cups
New device for monitoring steelhead larvae

2019

Faculty: Ali Kujoory

Partners: Trout Unlimited

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