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Recommendations for Increased Communication and Collaboration between Community-Based Organizations

Creator:: Drebin, Jordan
Abstract:: Through researching CBOs across Washington, Oregon, Northern California, and British Columbia, it is evident that there are need gaps in the organizational capacity in CBOs and other environmental groups for outreach and communication support to collaborate. A dedicated online space where environmental organizations and other conservation-focused groups can share their...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: conditions and trends (e.g., age, gender, race) are additional human capital elements (Cheng et al. 2011

The Public, The Forest, and The Conflict: A Case Study of Wendell State Forest

Creator:: McKeown, Christina K.
Abstract:: Forest management is an important mechanism that provides social, ecological, and economic benefits to the community. On public lands, management is often initiated for multi-use objectives. However, both history and research have proven that the level of acceptance for harvesting on public lands varies both temporally and spatially. Public perceptions...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: 1950s and 1960s across the United States (Lord and Cheng 2006). During this time, “social and economic

Let’s talk about seagrasses! A front-end evaluation to improve messaging strategies for seagrass conservation in Indian River Lagoon visitor centers

Creator:: Durham Shea, Amy
Abstract:: In the most recent decades, there has been extensive loss of seagrasses within the Indian River Lagoon estuary on the eastern coast of Florida. This decline poses a significant threat to the ecological function of the ecosystem, as well as to the social and economic wellbeing of the surrounding communities....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: benefit expected from engaging in an action or loss or cost resulting from an action or inaction (Cheng

Offshore Wind Energy's Role in the United States' Energy Transition

Creator:: Erdesz, Krisa (Muller)
Abstract:: As the human population grows, the need for alternative and clean forms of energy is greater. The installation of offshore wind energy has been on the rise over the past decade, however the fossil fuel energy generation sectors, such as coal and natural gas, are still major players in the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: since 1958 and has been increasing exponentially more after the 1980s (Figure 6) (Cheng et al., 2021

Using environmental DNA to detect the invasive New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) in freshwater

Creator:: Ponce, Jake J.
Abstract:: Environmental DNA (eDNA) detection of aquatic invasive species is at the forefront of aquatic conservation efforts because of decreased costs, increased response times, and increase of sensitivity for intercepting invasions with low density populations. Developments in eDNA technologies have improved detection probabilities for rare, indicator, and invasive species over the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: can produce up to 120 embryos and bear approximately 70 live individuals every three months (Cheng

Effects of disposable PET plastic bottle usage and waste in America's national parks

Creator:: Spooner, Ashley
Abstract:: The rapid accumulation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic waste caused by disposable plastic water bottle use is a worldwide problem that will continue to affect our environment, economy and society unless new methods of reduction and degradation are explored. The large amounts of energy and resources that are required during...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: temperatures can also add to this increase in leaching. Cheng et al. (2010) S p o o n e r | 29 found

Sugar Maple Decline: Climate Change Effects on Acer Saccharum and Subsequent Impacts on New York

Creator:: Cohn, David Andrew
Abstract:: Intensifications in seasonal temperature variation, attributed to increased greenhouse gas concentrations, are having an adverse effect on the forest composition of the northeastern United States. New York’s temperate broadleaf forests are undergoing alterations including a decline of the native sugar maple (Acer saccharum), as the species’ population begins to decrease...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: survey performed by Cheng et al. 2013. Pre-transplanting site preparations were combined from soil

Grassland Restoration and Climate Change: Altar Valley, Arizona Case Study

Creator:: Gondor, Anne
Abstract:: The Altar Valley is an important working landscape that supports biodiversity and vulnerable species in Pima County, Arizona (Huckelberry 2000). This semi-desert grassland, alluvial valley and 713,807-acre watershed composed of 39 subbasins serves as an aquifer to a portion of southwestern Tucson. This region of Southern Arizona has been identified...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: tool for public engagement (Cheng 2006). To give collective power to the voices of those community

Social Capital, Collaboration, and Participation: How Social Factors Impact Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP) with a Case Study on Ouray, Colorado

Creator:: Weickhardt, Adrianna K.
Abstract:: Populated and developed areas at the fringes of or intermixed with undeveloped landscapes are referred to as the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI). There are many unique benefits associated with living in the WUI that understandably attract people to move to them. However, there are also potential wildfire-related risks particular to...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

The Mountain Pine Beetle, Climate Change and Sustainable Forestry in the Northern Rocky Mountain

Creator:: Gillen, Amanda
Abstract:: Mountain pine beetles (MPB) have killed millions of acres of forest throughout the Rocky Mountain ecoregion in the United States and Canada and climate change may be intensifying outbreaks. Climate change can change forest ecosystems and dynamics by increasing drought conditions and intensifying heat waves. Due to changing climate conditions,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

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Recommendations for Increased Communication and Collaboration between Community-Based Organizations

The Public, The Forest, and The Conflict: A Case Study of Wendell State Forest

Let’s talk about seagrasses! A front-end evaluation to improve messaging strategies for seagrass conservation in Indian River Lagoon visitor centers

Offshore Wind Energy's Role in the United States' Energy Transition

Using environmental DNA to detect the invasive New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) in freshwater

Effects of disposable PET plastic bottle usage and waste in America's national parks

Sugar Maple Decline: Climate Change Effects on Acer Saccharum and Subsequent Impacts on New York

Grassland Restoration and Climate Change: Altar Valley, Arizona Case Study

Social Capital, Collaboration, and Participation: How Social Factors Impact Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP) with a Case Study on Ouray, Colorado

The Mountain Pine Beetle, Climate Change and Sustainable Forestry in the Northern Rocky Mountain

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