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2020 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration, Sustainability

A Dig to Identify the Cause of Death of Sword Ferns in Seward Park

Andres Barrera

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2020 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration

3 Ways To Restore, Maintain, And Improve Cities

Perla Moran

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2020 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration

How Scales Measure Up: A Look At Juvenile Salmon Scales As An Indicator Of Length & Growth

Kerrianne McCarthy

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2020 Spring | Arts & Humanities, Natural Science & Restoration

A Step In The Right Direction: Urban Forest Restoration And Preventing Social Trails

Kayla Lampard

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2020 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration, Policy & Regulation

Effective Transboundary Management In The Salish Sea: An Evaluation Of The Joint Statement Of Cooperation

Kristina Foltz

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2020 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration, Policy & Regulation

Clearing Muddy Waters: Investigating The Viability Of Market-Based Instruments As A Tool For Water Quality Improvement

Regina Durst

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2020 Spring | Arts & Humanities, Natural Science & Restoration

Linking Salmon And Human Health: Communicating The Services Of Habitat Restoration

Fiona Cromarty

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2021 Spring | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration, Policy & Regulation

Addressing the Limitations Surrounding Habitat Conservation Plans

Ryan Yasuda

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2021 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration, Sustainability

The Role of Top Predators in Seagrass Conservation

Carson Torres

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2021 Spring | Agriculture and Food Systems, Natural Science & Restoration, Sustainability

Building a Regenerative Future One Farm at a Time

Ryan Mohandeson

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2021 Spring | Agriculture and Food Systems, Climate Change, Natural Science & Restoration, Sustainability

Application of ‘Kelpost’ to Pasture and Significance for Soil Carbon Sequestration

Nathan Mock

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2021 Spring | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration, Policy & Regulation, Sustainability

Three Best Practices for Environmental Law and Policy from the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act

Elizabeth Lee

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2021 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration, Policy & Regulation, Sustainability

The Sound of Science: What Can Songbirds Tell Us About Forest Ecosystems on the Olympic Peninusla?

Therese Kaitis

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2021 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration, Sustainability

Mapping Seagrass: A Visual Approach to Conservation Research

Alex Izquierdo

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2021 Spring | Climate Change, Natural Science & Restoration, Sustainability

What is Happening with the Purple Orange Sea Star?

Madeline Corbett

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2021 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration, Sustainability

Evolution of Local Ecological Knowledge Use in Fisheries Management

Madelyn Chandler

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2021 Spring | Climate Change, Natural Science & Restoration, Policy & Regulation, Sustainability

Learning From the Forest Chorus: Indicator Songbirds on the Olympic Peninsula

Levi Casto

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2021 Spring | Environmental Justice, Natural Science & Restoration, Sustainability

Examining the Impact of Endangered Black Abalone on California Stakeholders to Inform Future Conservation Efforts

Beth Behnken

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2021 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration, Policy & Regulation

Spawning Salmon Population Analysis for Walker and Miller Creeks in the Walker Preserve

Alexander Ankuta

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2020 Spring | Agriculture and Food Systems, Climate Change, Natural Science & Restoration

Bring The Ocean To The Country: How Kelp Amendments On Grasslands Can Sequester Carbon

Chrina Munn

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2020 Spring | Agriculture and Food Systems, Natural Science & Restoration

Impacts Of Nitrogen Fixing Tree Incorporation In Cacao Agroforestry Systems

Duke Clinch

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2021 Autumn | Climate Change, Natural Science & Restoration

Vulnerability: Can We Define It Before It Is Too Late For Fish?

Madison Weise

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2021 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration

Environmental DNA: A Crab-tivating Case Study of Science Communication

Justine Jadallah

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2021 Autumn | Natural Science & Restoration

Sedimentology and Citizen Science: Ecological Monitoring in Carpenter Creek, Kingston, WA

Quinn Habedank

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2021 Spring | Climate Change, Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration

Hot Take: The Best Ways to Promote Resilience in the Face of Wildfires.

Gabby Lacson

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2021 Spring | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration

Public Engagement in Urban Park Restoration Planning

Brianna Bjolstad

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2022 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration, Sustainability

Early Fish Gets the Worm: Examining Differences in Spawning Timing between Male and Female Hatchery and Wild Chum Salmon

Matthew Dollinger

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2022 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration

Forest Health: Compounding Disturbances & the Advancements of Management Technology

Pedro Fernandez

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2022 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration

Encouraging Beachgoers to Keep Wildlife Wild: Pinniped Science Communication

Mikaela Ebbeson

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2022 Autumn | Climate Change, Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration

The Limitations of Residential Sustainable Landscaping and How to Overcome Them

Alyson Cline

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2022 Autumn | Natural Science & Restoration, Sustainability

Weekly Observation of Tide Data and Wind Conditions of Dungeness Crab Megalopae

Taylor Welch

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2022 Autumn | Climate Change, Natural Science & Restoration

Douglas Fir Mortality: Monitoring Douglas Firs in Seward Park

Ryland Schaul

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2022 Autumn | Climate Change, Natural Science & Restoration, Policy & Regulation, Sustainability

Monitoring the Recovery of a Salt Marsh in Kingston, WA

David Chen Lin

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2022 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration, Sustainability

Salmon Habitat Monitoring Efforts and Areas for Improvement

Jeremy Leung

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2022 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration, Sustainability

AQUACIDE: DIQUAT DIBROMIDE AND ITS EFFECTS ON PORTAGE BAY WILDLIFE

Tore Landboe

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2022 Autumn | Agriculture and Food Systems, Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration, Sustainability

Identifying Trends in Dungeness Crab Larval Abundance Across Puget Sound

Ally Galiotto

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2022 Autumn | Education & Outreach, Natural Science & Restoration, Policy & Regulation, Sustainability

Can Fish Be Caught Efficiently? Ways to Improve Trawling

Yeandya Teklu

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2022 Spring | Climate Change, Natural Science & Restoration

It’s Getting Hot in Here – The Relationship Between Climate Change, Environmental Health Disparities, and Seattle Street Trees

Lyndsay Felthoven

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2022 Spring | Climate Change, Natural Science & Restoration

Combining Ecological Forestry and Indigenous Knowledges to Adapt Forestry Techniques to a Changing PNW Climate

Rachel Luther

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2022 Spring | Climate Change, Natural Science & Restoration

Birds as Indicators of Habitat Quality in the Face of Climate Change

Samantha Zink

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