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Recent GEP Grad, Lily Roberts, joins Climate Action Corps
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GEP students examine SMART train connectivity

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Roxanne Wilkerson receives the Santa Rosa Garden Club Horticultural Scholarship

Read more about Roxanne and the scholarship here.

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GEP Alumni Melina Hammar helps to manage a prescribed burn for Cal Fire
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GEP student, Edgar Munoz, joins the McNair Scholars Program
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Clark: Classifying Bird Vocalizations

There is a need for monitoring biodiversity at multiple spatial and temporal scales to aid conservation efforts.

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Clark: Estimating bird species richness with acoustic patterns

Ecoacoustic monitoring has proliferated as autonomous recording units (ARU) have become more accessible. ARUs provide a non-invasive, passive method to assess ecosystem dynamics related to vocalizing animal behavior and human activity.

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Fang: Post-Pandemic Travel Patterns among Remote Workers

Almost half of all jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area are “remote-eligible” – more than any other metropolitan area in the

Shorebirds on Ricefields in California
Laney: Analyzing the cost-effectiveness of deliving wildlife habitat on ag lands

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GEP students participate in a land management internship at the Fairfield Osborn Preserve
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Examining the link between land use patterns and residential water consumption