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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 2022 2022

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 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

Using Principal Component Analysis and Hierarchical Clustering to Explore Trends in the Water Quality, Metal Concentrations, and Algal Taxa Richness of 68 Lakes in Northwest Washington, Jeffrey Pratt

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

Lidar-Based Riparian Forest Assessment of the Nooksack River, Washington, Julia Tatum

Mentoring Through Moss: Measuring Air Pollution with High School Youth in the Duwamish Valley, Nichole Vargas

Creating a Comprehensive Western American/Canadian Fire Dataset, 1880-2018, Katherine Welch

Publications from 2020 2020

Integrating Synthetic Biology Derived Variables into Ecological Risk Assessment Using the Bayesian Network – Relative Risk Model: Gene Drives to Control Nonindigenous M. musculus on Southeast Farallon Island, Ethan A. Brown

Sun, Sand, & Afternoon Showers: Creating nature-based, outdoor classroom curriculum for a central florida preschool, Ali Burdick

Clam garden bivalve dietary responses and trophic shifts in relation to environment, Octavio Cruz

Metrics of shoreline armoring impacts on beach morphology in the Salish Sea, WA, Hannah Drummond

Incorporating Characteristics of Gene Drive Engineered Ae. aegypti as Methods to Reduce Dengue and Zika Virus into the Bayesian Network – Relative Risk Model, Using Ponce, Puerto Rico as a Case Study, Steven R. Eikenbary

Land, Body, Liberation: An Ecofeminist Pedagogical Approach to Place-Based Education, Amy L. Fitkin

Applying the United States Forest Service National Framework for Sustainable Recreation to the Entiat Ranger District: From Theory to Implementation, Katherine Galambos

Conifer establishment and encroachment on subalpine meadows around Mt. Baker, WA, Ben Hagedorn

Water Resources on the Pacific Crest Trail: Thru-Hiker Experiences and Alternate Water Sources in 2019, Riley Hine

Forest restoration of the exposed Lake Mills bed: assessing vegetation, ectomycorrhizae, and nitrogen relative to riverbank lupine (Lupinus rivularis), James Kardouni

Effects of anthropogenic forest stresses on the distribution and abundance of the Olympic Torrent Salamander (Rhyacotriton olympicus) in the Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park, Travis MacNeil Kurtz

Incorporating Climate Change Predictions in Ecological Risk Assessment: A Bayesian Network Relative Risk Model for Chinook Salmon in the Skagit River Watershed, Eric J. Lawrence

Interdisciplinary Interspecies Pedagogies for Educating in the Anthropocene: Bringing Critical Animal Studies to Huxley College of the Environment, Sarah R. (Sarah Rose) Olson

Electrification and Decarbonization for Mid-sized Municipalities: A Case-study Marginal Abatement Cost Analysis, Patrick Shive

Original Environmental Education Lessons and Curriculum, Waverly Shreffler

A Case Study of a Moderate-Sale Small Family Farm in King County, Washington: An Example of Social Capital, Socioemotional Wealth in the Context of Civic Agriculture, Kayanne J. Sullivan

Spatial and temporal trends of the annual first detections of Paralytic Shellfish Toxin in Puget Sound, WA, Margaret Taylor

Dendrochronological Assessment of the Easton Glacier's Terminus Position Over the Last 150 Years, Monica A. Villegas

The Effectiveness of Large Woody Debris Placement at Improving Freshwater Rearing Habitat and Enhancing Juvenile Salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) Production, Caroline J. Walls

Can arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi protect Rubus idaeus from the effects of soil-borne disease and parasitic nematodes?, Erika Whitney

Textile Recycling: The Influence of Moral Licensing on the Overconsumption of Clothing, Rebecca A. Williams

Publications from 2019 2019

Are You What You Eat? The Complexities of Food Choice, Normative Influence, and Identity., Melanie del Rosario

Everyone Can Grow! Winter Programming Using an Indoor Horticulture Environmental Education Program to Benefit Military Veterans, Rachel Elam

Barriers and Coping Strategies Among Women in a Food Desert, Renee Holt

Not Just Nature, Sarah Kellogg

A Multivariate Analysis of the Relationship Between the Water Quality Conditions and Algal Species Composition of Six Mountain Lakes in the North Cascades, WA, USA, Michael P. Lawlor

The Role of Social Exchange in Collaborative Watershed Management: A Case Study in the Nooksack River Watershed, Washington, USA, Jocelyn Leroux

A Needs Assessment of the Perceptions and Opportunities to Enhance Nature Exploration at Publicly Funded Preschools, Naomi Liebhold

When Dark Flakes Fall, Realizing A Visionary Indigenous Origin Story, Kona Ongoy

Springtime benthic fluxes in the Salish Sea: Environmental parameters driving spatial variation in the exchange of dissolved oxygen, inorganic carbon, nutrients, and alkalinity between the sediments and overlying water, Emma I. Rigby

Development of a Rangeland Degradation Risk Model for the Peruvian Andes, Colin Schmidt

Under what conditions could eelgrass measurably drawdown carbon? Relating carbon drawdown to pCO2, irradiance, and leaf area index of Zostera marina, Tyler Tran

Dendroclimatology of yellow cedar (Callitropsis nootkatensis) and late Holocene temperature variability on the western slopes of the North Cascades in Washington State, Christopher A. (Chrisopher Anthony) Trinies

Evaluating Comprehensive School Safety through a Global Baseline Survey of Disaster Risk Reduction Policies in the Education Sector, Adriana Varchetta

Impacts of Major Freshwater Ions on the Acute Toxicity and Chemical Behavior of Silver Nanoparticles, Claire A. Walli

Washington State’s Centennial Accord and the Role of Tribal Governments in Regional Comprehensive Planning Under the Growth Management Act and Associated Planning Laws, Elliott Winter

Publications from 2018 2018

Environmental Impact Statement for West Horton Road Extension Phase 1, Sarah Anderson, Lucas Dubois, Madeleine Jones, David Simpson, and Corey Stever

Learning Through Action in Whatcom County, Washington: Developing and Assessing the Impact of Youth for Environment and People (YEP!), Sahar Arbab

Skagit County Centennial Trail Extension Environmental Impact Statement, Avery Barbera, Kelley Crider, Vance Frenzel, Sam Kaiser, and Jennifer Shore

Environmental Impact Assessment: Cordata Community Park Bellingham, WA, Christian Berres, Andy Basabe, Katherine Weir, and Andrew Graminski

Self-determined Exploration of the Outdoors and What Students Can Teach Themselves: A Report on the Beach Investigators Summer Program, Mark F. (Mark Franklin) Bryant

Assessing the Effects of Chemical Mixtures using a Bayesian Network-Relative Risk Model (BN- RRM) Integrating Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs) in Four Watersheds, Valerie R. Chu

Daytime Summer Microclimate Influence of Large Woody Debris on Dewatered Sediments in Lake Mills, WA Following Dam Removal, Mariah J. Colton

The Benefits of a Therapeutic Nature Education Intervention for Children with ADHD, Madeline Dineen

Environmental Impact Assessment: Boulevard Park Pedestrian Overpass Removal, Alexandra Frederick, Sean Hecker, Taylor Pearson, Erin Rush, and Louisa Talmage

Dendrochronology of Seaside Juniper (Juniperus maritima), Dustin Gleaves

Characterization of Particulate Matter Accumulated on Ramalina farinacea in the Seattle Area Using Semi-Automated Electron Microscopy, Tor G. (Tor Gunnar) Guddal

Discrete-event Processes in Disaster Recovery: A Conceptual Framework and Simulation Model of Household Reconstruction in Pacific County Washington, Derek Huling

The Associations of Epiphytic Macroinvertebrates and Aquatic Macrophytes in Canyon Lake, WA, Jesse T. (Jesse Tyler) Klinger

A Search for Blue Carbon in Central Salish Sea Eelgrass Meadows, Mira D. (Mira Diana) Lutz

Environmental Interpretation Plan for the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail, Rosalie Matsumoto

Vertical Distribution of Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida) larvae in Fidalgo Bay, WA, Brooke A. McIntyre

Integrated Food Systems Education: A Network Assessment of Bellingham, WA, Ciera Mead