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Students sitting at table in Green Valley Farm
Field Trip to Green Valley Farm
Students installing Bioswale
Student-led Bioswale Project

Led by the student Plant Futures Club, students received a grant from Sonoma Water to install a bioswale. The Bioswale is designed to filter stormwater from a nearby parking lot.

Fire landscape
Dr. Clark presents wildfire & forest monitoring research in CAL FIRE webinar.

Dr. Clark and collaborator Dr. Chris Hakkenberg from Northern Arizona University presented their research, which focuses on using a NASA space laser on the International Space Station, called GEDI, to assess forest fuel loads and predict wildfire severity.

Lily planting a tree
Recent GEP Grad, Lily Roberts, joins Climate Action Corps
South African student works with Dr. Clark in the field
Dr. Clark receives NASA grant for biodiversity work in South Africa

NASA recently awarded Dr. Clark an additional $99,229 to add artificial intelligence applications to his BioSoundSCape research. Read more about it here

Student evaluating data in the field
Assessing the effect of wildfire burn severity on bird species richness

See the paper HERE

Students climbing a sailing mast
Ashlee Wells Sails for a Sustainable Ocean

 

Link to her Story Map

Two students in the field examing data
Describing Beetles and their Lifecycle in Threatened Vernal Pools
Three students in front of poster in reserach colloquium
Analyzing pedestrian behavior within urban transportation infrastructure
Three students and Dr. Fang standing in front of poster in research colloquium
Surveying attitudes about housing availability and affordability
Four students standing in front of poster in research colloquium
Analyzing Carbon Sequestration in Grasslands