Achievements
Publications and achievements submitted by our faculty, staff, and students.
Alumni Jeff Dunk Environmental Science & Management
Jeff Dunk co-authored the following article which recently appeared in the journal Conservation Biology:
CARROLL, C., D. S. JOHNSON, J. R. DUNK, AND W. J. ZIELINSKI. 2010. Hierarchical Bayesian Spatial Models for Multispecies Conservation Planning and Monitoring. Conservation Biology 24:1538-1548.
Submitted: December 10, 2010Faculty Bill Trush Environmental Science & Management
Congratulations to Bill Trush, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Environmental Science & Management and Co-Director of the HSU River Institute for receiving the “Golden Pipe” award from the Salmonid Restoration Federation at their recent annual meeting in Davis, CA. The Golden Pipe is an award for innovators in the salmon restoration field. https://www.calsalmon.org/about/awards/golden-pipe-award
Submitted: April 6, 2017Faculty Alison Purcell O'Dowd Environmental Science & Management
Dr. Purcell O’Dowd received a Sea Grant to explore how an invasive cord grass, Spartina densiflora, influences the overall primary productivity of salt marshes surrounding Humboldt Bay.
Submitted: August 20, 2010Faculty Dr. Steven J. Steinberg Environmental Science & Management
Dr. Steven Steinberg (Adjunct Professor, Geospatial Science) is speaking at the European Sociological Association, Qualitative Research Summit, Sept. 1- 3 in Cracow, Poland.
He will be presenting in the Mobile and Geospatial Research Technologies session about his recent fish consumption study supported by the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board, entitled: A Geospatial Survey of Anglers to Assess Fish Consumption from San Diego Bay, California.
More information about the conference is available at: http://www.esa-cracow.pl/
Submitted: August 26, 2016Faculty Kevin Fingerman Environmental Science & Management
Humboldt State has received a 2014-2015 Campus as a Living Lab grant from the California State University. HSU will use the grant to redesign Energy, Technology & Society (ENVS 370), an upper level course that explores technical, economic and policy changes concerning energy generation and use.
The Campus as a Living Lab Grant Program provides funds for teams of faculty and facilities staff to develop or redesign of a course that ties elements of sustainability into opportunities for learning using the campus physical plant. Funds of up to $12,000 are awarded to support the teams in the preparation of the proposed course.
Submitted: April 27, 2015Student Brian Murphy Environmental Science & Management
Won first place in student research at the North American Cartographic Research Society Annual Conference in Norfolk, VA with his map about the growth of the Hobet coal mine in West Virginia over 40 years, illustrating how the practice of mountaintop removal and valley fills creates unmitigable impacts to nearly all aspects of the geography, from geology and hydrology, to human health and economic development.
Submitted: October 26, 2018Faculty Jack Murphy Environmental Science & Management
Serves on the City of Arcata’s Creeks and Watersheds Committee.
Submitted: November 16, 2018Student Brian Murphy Environmental Science & Management
Received NACIS Student Map Award for Research.
Submitted: November 26, 2018Faculty Jack Murphy Environmental Science & Management
Serves on the City of Arcata’s Creeks and Watersheds Committee.
Submitted: November 26, 2018Faculty Jenn Tarlton Environmental Science & Management
Jenn Tarlton has been recognized as the National Association of Interpretation Region 9 Interpreter of the month. It was posted in the Feb 2018 edition of Further WestWinds which will be available here: https://nairegion9.wordpress.com/member-services/further-westwinds-archive/
Submitted: February 5, 2018Faculty James Graham Environmental Science & Management
Dr. James Graham was awarded a research grant from the Archaeologocal Research & Supply Company for conducting a study entitled, “Spruce Grove Ethnographic Village Archaeological Study.”
Submitted: November 27, 2018Alumni Amanda Admire Environmental Science & Management
Amanda Admire (‘13, Environmental Systems) presented on her master’s thesis at the International Tsunami Symposium in Göcek, Turkey on September 28.
Submitted: October 23, 2013Student Iris Koski Environmental Science & Management
Iris is a graduate student (class of 2012) presenting her research on oak woodland restoration at the Society for Ecological Restoration conference at UC Davis, May 15-17. The title of the presentation is “Landscapes in Transition: Private Lands Oak Woodland Management in the Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion.” This research was a collaborative project between HSU, private landowners, and numerous agencies and organizations who are concerned about oak woodlands in this region.
Submitted: May 9, 2012Student Matt Mitchell Environmental Science & Management
Matt Mitchell is a winner of Patricia O. McConkey Award for outstanding graduate thesis: A Comparison of Invertebrate Communities Occupying Spartina Invaded and Restored Salt Marshes of Humboldt Bay, CA.
Submitted: May 4, 2012Faculty Alison O'Dowd Environmental Science & Management
ESM Professor Alison O’Dowd and co-authors published a paper entitled, “Interacting geomorphic and ecological response of step-pool streams after wildfire” in the Sept/Oct 2019 issue of the Geological Society of America (GSA) Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1130/B35049.1
Submitted: October 11, 2019Faculty Alison O'Dowd Environmental Science & Management
Alison O’Dowd was awarded a grant from the National Parks Service to fund a student internship program with Redwood National Park.
Submitted: October 7, 2019Faculty Alison O'Dowd Environmental Science & Management
Alison O’Dowd (ESM Professor) was awarded a research grant from the Trinity River Restoration Program to examine invertebrate drift as a food source for juvenile salmonids on the Trinity River. This project will be conducted with the Yurok Tribe and Hoopa Valley Tribe.
Submitted: October 7, 2019Faculty Jeffrey Dunk Environmental Science & Management
Jeff Dunk, Environmental Science and Management faculty member, along with seven collaborators, co-authored a paper entitled “Modeling spatial variation in density of Golden Eagle nest sites in the Western United States” in PLoSONE.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223143
Faculty Kevin R Fingerman Environmental Science & Management
Kevin Fingerman was invited by the California Council on Science and Technology to participate in an Expert Briefing on “Beneficial Uses of Biomass from Wildfire Management Activities in California.” Dr. Fingerman joined a 5-person panel at the State Capitol building on September 19th to brief legislative and agency staff members on this issue with cross-cutting implications for California’s for climate, ecological, public health, and economic goals.
Submitted: September 18, 2019Student Brian Murphy Environmental Science & Management
Brian won second place in the Digital Map Competition at the California Geographic Society Annual Conference in Big Bear Lake, CA for his map An Overview of Watersheds of California.
Submitted: May 7, 2019