California Department of Fish and Wildlife
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is responsible for the effective management and protection of California’s endangered and threatened species, and has been a strong partner of the…
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California Department of Parks and Recreation
From wetlands and estuaries to sand dunes and granite peaks, the California Department of Parks and Recreation, or California State Parks, manages over 280 separate park units on 1.4 million…
Citizen Scientist’s Message in a Bottle: Rapid eDNA assessments of marine biodiversity to evaluate the effectiveness of Los Angeles’ marine protected areas
Awardee: Zack Gold, graduate student in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Zack is conducting a citizen science environmental DNA project to compare marine biodiversity inside and outside of coastal MPAs in Los Angeles County to understand how well fishing restrictions protect marine ecosystems.
Protected: Corporate Partners Program Green Papers
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Corporate Sustainability and Employee Engagement
While an emerging body of literature investigates the environmental and financial benefits derived from the adoption of corporate sustainability, exactly how these practices impact organizational effectiveness and employee productivity remains…
Deploying Arable ‘PulsePod’ Sensors to Continuously and Remotely Monitor Plant Stress
Awardee: Alexandria Pivovaroff, Ph.D. Alexandria's research will remotely monitor plant stress using newly developed sensors to understand both short- and long-term responses.
Developing Genomic Resources to Inform Conservation and Management of the Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor)
Awardee: Kelly Barr. Kelly is using a massive genomic dataset to analyze these issues in Tricolored Blackbirds, a species that has undergone sharp declines and is under intense management throughout the state of California.
Does Fear Filter Lizards from Urban Areas in Los Angeles?
Awardee: Bree Putman, Ph.D. Bree is examining whether fear responses (behavioral and physiological) contribute to the differential success of two lizard species in urban areas in Southern California.
Eat Your Water by Sam Swartz
Although the last year brought much needed rainfall, California is still facing a long-term drought. In many parts of the state, crops and farmland remain under stress and the state’s…
Education and Outreach
Overview Our most dramatic and exciting advances in 2005 have come in the area of community outreach and education. This aspect of the project is co-designed and implemented by Ms.…
Effects of urbanization and habitat fragmentation in native reptiles
Awardee: Erin Toffelmier. Erin is researching the differences in how lizards use the human-altered habitat versus how they use natural habitat.
Energy Conservation Behavior
UCLA ENGAGE investigates how real-time energy consumption feedback can be used as an effective tool for energy conservation. It applies insights from behavioral science to design optimal interventions for changing…