ESM 270: Conservation planning, Winter Quarter 2009
Frank Davis, Professor

Conservation planning analyses for the Upland Habitat Goals Project, San Francisco Bay Area, California

Acknowledgements: Thanks to Stu Weiss (Creekside Center for Earth Observation) and Ryan Branciforte (Bay Area Open Space Council) for providing data and guidance. 

1. Conservation planning for flood mitigation, water quality, and water provision
    within the Napa Watershed in California
    (pdf report)(powerpoint presentation)
    Heather Abbey, Julia Glenday, Tom Holley, and Kristine Faloon

2. An Analysis of the Upland Goals Project: Representativeness and Ground
    Truthing (pdf report)(powerpoint)
    Ashley Apel, Bridget Dobrowski, Erica Eisch, Dave Panitz

3. Marxan Sensitivity Analysis (pdf report)(powerpoint)
    Caitlin Andersen, Tessa Bernhardt, Emily Welborn

4. The Effect of Connectivity on Population Viability of Puma (Puma concolor) in the
    East Bay, California
    (pdf report)(powerpoint)
    Leslie Abrhamson, Adam Anderson, Christopher Noddings, Lorena Vieli

5. The Carbon Impacts of Meeting the Upland Project's Conservation Goals
    (pdf report)(powerpoint presentation)
    Ekaterina Druzhinina, Uthra Radhakrishnan, Paul Spraycar, Scott Webb

6. Understanding the Impact of Wildland-Urban Interface on Conservation Planning Decision-making
    for the San Francisco Bay Upland Habitat Goals Project (pdf report)(powerpoint)
    Melissa Gomez and Milena Viljoen

7. Rangeland Conservation in the Bay Area (pdf report)(powerpoint)
    Lucas Bare, Carolyn Ching, Kelli McCune

8. Conserving California Coast Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) While Preparing for Climate Change
    (pdf report)(powerpoint)
    Milli Chennel, Toby Chu, Julia Griffin, Clare Shelton

9. Climate Refugia in the Protected Areas of the San Francisco Bay Area (pdf report)(powerpoint)
    Tariel Naxon