Sustainable Lab Practices
2008 Sustainable Labs Action Research Team
Projects
The Effects of Hydromulch and Fire Intensity on Post-Fire Chaparral: A Griffith Park Case Study
Students: Stephanie Debats, Deidre Pilotte, and Rashmi Sahai Final Report Question: Does hydromulch as a post-fire erosion mitigation treatment affect vegetation recovery in a chaparral ecosystem? Location: Griffith Park, Los…
The Impact of Hydromulch on Native and Non-native Species in a Post-Fire Recovery Period within Los Angeles’ Griffith Park
Students: Bailey Blosser and Joelle Jahng Advisor: Hartmut Walter Final Report (PDF) Non-native plant growth after a fire is often a common characteristic associated with a fire-adapted plant community. The relationship…
Port-Related Diesel Truck Traffic and Environmental Justice Implications
Students: Dorothy Kieu Le Advisor: Dr. Arthur Winer This study examines the environmental justice implications of port-related diesel truck traffic for the Long Beach/Wilmington Port Area. We directly measured heavy…
Air Quality Close to Busy Roadways
Heavily traveled roads present a unique challenge for air quality. Routine air quality measurement data (either from government sources or networks like Purple Air) can’t tell you if pollution from…
American Indian Studies Center
The UCLA American Indian Studies Center (AISC) was founded in 1969 as a research institute dedicated to addressing American Indian issues and supporting Native communities. The AISC serves as a…
An Urban Ecosystem Health Indicator Framework for Los Angeles County
While highly modified, urban areas in Los Angeles County are part of a broad network of ecosystems. In addition to impacting natural ecosystems, urban areas also act as ecosystems, maintaining many…
CDLS Partners at UCLA
CDLS Partners at UCLA American Indian Studies Center Center for Education, Innovation, and Learning in the Sciences Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space…
Creating a native seed bank for urban restoration in the Los Angeles Basin
Home to more than ten million people, the Los Angeles metropolitan area accommodates one of the largest urban populations in the world. The vast majority of its landscape has been…
CTR Reports 1996-2007
CTR Director, Tom Smith, and CTR collaborators have conducted extensive studies of vertebrate and plant species in Africa over the past decades and have produced comprehensive reports for government agencies…
Developing Integrated Macroalgae and Shellfish Aquaculture in California
Pritzker Award Affiliate: Tristin McHugh, Kelp Project Director, The Nature Conservancy Impact Fellow: Ariadne Reynolds (IoES doctoral student) Faculty Advisor: Kyle Cavanaugh, Vice Director, Marine Center Project objective: Assess the policy…
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.…