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2011 Autumn | Agriculture and Food Systems, Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach

The Ideal Farmland Protection Program and the State of Farmland Preservation in the Puget Sound Basin

Anshika Kumar

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2011 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Sustainability

Reinvention of Zoos and Aquariums: Chang- ing Social Behaviors One Visitor at a Time

Elizabeth Hines

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2011 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration

Investigating Subalpine Fir Mortality Patterns Associated with Drought, Climate Change and Invasive Insect Attack in the Olympic National Park (ONP) Using Dendrochronology

Sienna Hiebert

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2011 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration

Factors Associated with Tree Mortality in an Old-Growth White-fir and Sugar Pine Domi- nated Yosemite Forest

Kimberly Grant

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2011 Autumn | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach

Increasing Citizen Engagement in a Non-Profit by Leading Stormwater Walking Tours in Redmond and Burien

Maddie Foutch

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2011 Autumn | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach

Addressing the Recreational Human-use Data Gap: A First Step in Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning in Washington State

Ryan Foss

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2011 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Sustainability

The Puget Sound Violates Combined Sewer Overflow Occurrence Regulations: How Collaboration between Stakeholders Offers Solutions for the Puget Sound

Emily Fales

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2013 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Policy & Regulation

Beyond REACH: Amending U.S. Toxic Policy

Hannah Galloway

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2013 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Sustainability

Greening Laboratories at UW

Michael Ferguson

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2011 Autumn | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach

Environmental Nonprofits and Social Media: a Winning Combination

David Corrado

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2013 Spring | Education & Outreach

Don’t be a Fossil Fuel – Education of Electric Vehicles

Shannon Cloud

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2011 Autumn | Business & Sustainability, Education & Outreach

Campus Sustainability: How To Make Your Office Green

Evan Brooks and Rebecca Teel

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2011 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration

Effects of Ocean Acidification On The Pacific Geoduck Clam

Daniel Bascom

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2012 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration

Citizen Science as an Educational Tool

Zoe Vrieling

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2010 Autumn | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach

Introducing Urban College Students to Outdoors Education

Rhea Whitney

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2010 Autumn | Business & Sustainability, Education & Outreach

Snake River Dams and River Users: The Research Process

Jesse Wanskasmith

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2010 Autumn | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration

Tribal Journey: Monitoring Salish Sea Water Quality by Canoe

Brady Voves

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2010 Autumn | Agriculture and Food Systems, Education & Outreach

Getting Dirty: Educating Children in the Garden

Kelsey Racicot

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2010 Autumn | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach

Engaging an Environmental Ethic: Restoring Connections through Experiential Education

Gina Mariano

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2010 Autumn | Climate Change, Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration

Genetic Records of Climate Change

Nathan Layman

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2010 Autumn | Climate Change, Education & Outreach, Sustainability

Mandated Biofuel Production in the United States: Reasons for Caution

Sean Kennedy

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2010 Autumn | Education & Outreach

Connecting Environmental Education with Larger Science Education Themes

Carrie Howell

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2010 Autumn | Business & Sustainability, Education & Outreach, Sustainability

Foundations for the Future: Bamboo and NGOs

Lyndsay Gordon

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2010 Autumn | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach

Underwater Video Observations of the Elliott Bay Seawall Project

Michael Caputo

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2010 Autumn | Climate Change, Education & Outreach, Policy & Regulation

Educating Legislators to Enhance State Energy Policies: The Legislative Energy Horizon Institute

Jaclyn Capouilliez

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2010 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice

Identifying Goods Movement Air Toxics in Underserved Populations in EPA Region 10

Shanese Bien

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2010 Autumn | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach

Restoring Puget Sound Through Community Outreach and Civic Engagement: An Analysis of Select Community Environmental Education Programs in the Puget Sound Region

Sarah Barkley

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2010 Autumn | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach, Sustainability

Learning to Love Nature: A look at Nature, Media, and the Mind

Sorayya Aminian

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2012 Spring | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach

Teaching Sharks: Education as a Conservation Method

Skylar Wilkins

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2012 Spring | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration, Policy & Regulation

Telling the Story of the Puget Sound: Accountability in Action

Amanda Wick

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2012 Spring | Business & Sustainability, Climate Change, Education & Outreach

River Deltas: Valuable Today, Vulnerable Tomorrow

Jackson Wells

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2012 Spring | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration

Boats: Linked to Killer Whales Demise

Alexandra Ulmke

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2012 Spring | Climate Change, Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration

Effects of Ocean Acidification on Larval Lingcod

Erin Tomaras

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2012 Spring | Agriculture and Food Systems, Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

Are you being unknowingly exposed to toxic chemicals?

Michael Ridgely

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2012 Spring | Education & Outreach, Policy & Regulation, Sustainability

How Seattle Learns to Stop Driving and Love Walking/Biking

Krystal Quijano

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2012 Spring | Education & Outreach, Policy & Regulation

Abestos Policy Enforecement Strategies for the EPA

Janet Pasko

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2012 Spring | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach

What it takes to recruit and retain Volunteers

Carly Nelson

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2012 Spring | Education & Outreach, Environmental Justice, Policy & Regulation

Tribal Erosion-Creating a Road Map Forward

Lydia Minehan-Tubic

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2012 Spring | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration, Sustainability

Spatial Variation of Tree Mortalities on the Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot

Rachel Mickey

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2012 Spring | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach

Environmental Blogs: The Potential of Their Impacts

Kayla McGlinchey

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