College of the Environment Graduate and Undergraduate Publications
The The College of the Environment Collection includes:
- Environmental Sciences Theses
- Geography Theses
- Environmental Education Theses
- Field Project Reports
- Environmental Studies Theses
- Environmental Impact Assessments
created by College of the Environment students.
Publications from 2024
Affordable Infill, Virginia MacDonald
An Ecocentric Turn: Emerging Narratives in the Growing U.S. Rights of Nature Movement, Raechel E. Youngberg
Publications from 2023
Weaving Fragmented Lands Together: Perspectives on a National Framework for Landscape Conservation, Jaimie Baxter
Coupling Unoccupied Aerial System Surveys and Elevation Measurements to Predict Native and Nonnative Eelgrass Cover in Padilla Bay, Jacqui Bergner
Trophic transfer of metals from seaweed to shellfish in an aquaculture system, Sophia Boyd
Who’s Nature? Ontological Narrative Dissonance Among Skagit River Fishery Coalitions, Jann Eberharter
Glacial loss and threatened fish: The future of Mount Rainier’s cold-water Bull Trout habitats, Kathleen C. Ewen
Against the Grain: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Effects of Climatic and Cultural Changes on Grain Agriculture in Northwest Washington, Natalie Furness
Learning from Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Butter Clams, Jackelyn Garcia
A Characterization of Hyporheic Temperatures with Applications for Salmon Habitat Restoration in a Thermally Impaired River, Sydney Jantsch
Washington Conservation Corps Intern, Maczenzie Kelm
Value Mapping and the Community Wildfire Protection Planning Process in Entiat, WA, Katharine Kiendl
Impact of Riverbank Lupine (Lupinus rivularis) on Grand Fir (Abies grandis) Ectomycorrhizal Symbioses, Andrew Labay
Distribution and Mixotrophy of Cryptophyte Phytoplankton in the Northern Gulf of Alaska, Megan O'Hara
Motivations for and Barriers to Forest Certification of Washington State Trust Lands, Tracy Petroske
Was the Grass Always Greener? Mapping the Historical Extent of Grassland Ecosystems in the San Juan Islands, Kailey Schillinger-Brokaw
Impact of Carbonaceous and Inorganic Nanomaterial Chemistry on Polymer Additive Release from Weathered Epoxy Composites, Haley Sefi-Cyr
Social Justice Through Beach Access and Community-Based Placemaking in Puna, Hawai'i, Yumi-Shika Shridhar
Generations of Stewards: Re-Indigenizing Youth Leadership, Learning, and Conservation Education, Drew Slaney
Adoption of Agroforestry Practices in Northwest Washington State: An Ex-ante Case-Study, Ava Stone
The Race Toward Carbon Neutral Ecotourism: Leveraging Life Cycle Analysis and Natural Climate Solutions for a Community Adventure Event, Ted Tarricone
Investigating perennial & annual eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) in Padilla Bay as potential donor sources for seed-based restoration, Yuki Wilmerding
Publications from 2022
Waste Loop Leavenworth Internship, Emma Allison
Responses of the symbiotic sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima to microplastics, Robert Beck
Kulshan Carbon Trust Internship, Olivia Benolken
Kulshan Carbon Trust Internship, Cristal Borrelli
WWU Spatial Institute GIS Internship, Ben Bruggen
Species Distribution and Abundance of Bering Sea Tunicates with Implications for Coastal Food Security, Meghan Bugaj
Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) FLOW Intern, Emma Burgess
NSEA's Future Leaders of Whatcom County (FLOW), Emma Burgess
Growing Veterans, Quinlan Christian
WWU Institute for Watershed Studies Research Assistant and This Kind Planet Intern, Isabella Cobert
BioDesign Studio Youth Engagement Internship, Carson Cortez
Using Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay-Xenopus laevis (FETAX) to Study Metals and Temperature as Multiple Stressors in Cascades Frog (Rana cascadae), Adam Turner (Cockrill) Crispin
Bioaccumulation of metals in Whatcom County estuaries by native tidal plants, Margaret Critchlow
NOAA Hollings Internship - NW Fisheries Science Center, Zofia Danielson
Transport Mechanisms of Nitrate on the Washington Shelf, Liesl G. Danyluk
WWU Active Transportation Coordinator, James Detke
ECO Alternatives - Local Business Development Lead, Jessica Dietzman
Institute for Watershed Studies Internship, Jessica Espy
Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA) FLOW, Megan Fritz
Soil Mesofauna and Microbial Community Response to Mixed Biochar and Compost Application in a Skagit Silt Loam, Jameson Goff
City of Bellingham Parks and Recreation Environmental Restoration Intern, Zach Griffin
NE Aquarium Conservation Learning Internship, Riley Hammack
Restoring the Nooksack Watershed Through Community-Driven Forest Stewardship, Alexander Harris
UAV remote sensing approaches to mapping glacier ablation and snow algae radiative forcing in the North Cascades., Shannon Healy
Analysis of Eelgrass in Padilla Bay, Washington Using an Uncrewed Aerial System, Hannah Hein
Somatic Learning and Eco-Anxiety in Environmental Education Teacher Preparation, Pippa Hemsley
Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group - GIS Internship, Stephen Hullen
Whatcom Marine Resource Committee Intern, Stephen Hullin
Deception Pass State Park - Rosario Beach Naturalist, Ron Isarankura
Seattle City Light Fire Planning and Safety Internship, McLain Jokinen
NOAA WDVCC Fisheries Internship, Antonio Jones
Brown University - Rayleigh Wave Tomography of Alaska, Ulla Jones
Characterizing Gold Nano-Particles with an ICP-MS Internship, Girnar Joshi
Tire-wear-particle leachate toxicity to Americamysis bahia: analysis of sublethal and molecular effects, Karrin Leazer
WWU LEAD Program Peer Advisor, Emmitt Linklater
Off-channel habitat restoration using groundwater infiltration galleries in the Methow River Basin, Washington, Nicole Masurat
Orca Conservancy, Alexandra Miller
The Impact of Cross-Border Environmental Media and Advocacy at the Skagit River Headwaters, Derek Moscato
Sustainable Connections and the Whatcom Housing Alliance Green Building and Smart Growth Program, Aysha Nygren
WWU Using Raman Spectrometry to Identify Organic Contaminants Sorbed onto Plastics, Christopher Paradis
The photochemical evolution of dissolved black carbon in snow: a case study from the North Cascades, Molly Peek
Whatcom Conservation District - Edge of Field Monitor Internship, John Porco
Whatcom Humane Society Wildlife Rehabilitation, Sydney Poulin
Assessing the Use of the California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus) Within Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture (IMTA), Casey Pruitt
Spectroscopy Lab Assistant, Drew Robinson
WA State DNR Summer Wildfire Fighting, Tor Samuelsen
Ecological Risk Assessment of Tire Wear Particles in the San Francisco Bay Using a Bayesian Network Relative Risk Model, Emma E. Sharpe
The Effects of Ocean Acidification and Temperature Rise on the Thermal Tolerance and Critical Thermal Limit of Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii), Nicole R. Singh
Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group (SFEG) Spawning Survey Internship, Tana Smallwood
Avian and Shallow Water Community Response to Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) Spawn Events, Heidi Stewart
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) Internship, Alexandra Studyvin
WWU Environmental Education Teaching Assistant, Adelle Tower
Faith in a Changing Climate: Policy Framing and Southern Evangelical Christian Views on Climate Policy, Sydne Tursky
Living in Pele's Workshop: Using Community-informed Planning to Address Housing Needs in Puna, Hawai'i, Taylor Webb
Snorkel Surveys of the Sauk and Skagit Rivers with Natural Systems Design, Zach Williams
Methane emissions in Port Susan Bay: the missing link in carbon accounting, Rachel S. Yonemura
CA DOT Biology Intern, Madison Zambo
Publications from 2021
Vamos Outdoors Project’s Innovative Schools Based Programs During COVID-19: Program Assessment, Andrew Basabe
The effect of large woody debris, direct seeding, and distance from the forest edge on species composition on novel terraces following dam removal on the Elwha River, WA., Sara J. Cendejas-Zarelli
Partner preference in the intertidal: possible benefits of ocean acidification to sea anemone-algal symbiosis, Natalie Coleman
How Science Policies Influence Ecological User-Engaged Research in Brazil and Peru?, Aline C. de Oliveira Machado Prata
Public Lands and Climate Change: An Evaluation of the North Cascadia Adaptation Partnership, Kristen Doering
Assessing energy justice: The case of Xwe’chi’eXen, Cherry Point, Andrea Gemme
Edible Seaweeds of the Salish Sea: Contaminant Levels and Comparison with Common Foods, Jennifer Hahn
Effects of Environmental Aging on the Acute Toxicity and Chemical Composition of Various Microplastic Leachates, Allie Johnson
Whose Water is it Anyway?: The Adjudication of Water Rights in the Nooksack Watershed, Emma Ledsham
Islandwood Summer Programs Intern, Nika Lee
Contamination in the Upper Columbia: Smelting and Its Impact to the Environment and Human Health, Brenden Murphy
Community Perspectives Regarding Building Electrification as a Climate Mitigation Strategy in Bellingham, WA: A Q-Study, Sarah K. Parker
Investigating the transport, fate, and behavior of microplastics in estuarine systems through the application of metal-doped polystyrene analogs using spICP-MS, Robert Rauschendorfer
Effects of environmental weathering on the acute toxicity of tire wear particle eluate to the mysid shrimp, Americamysis bahia, P. Matt Roberts