Switzer Fellow Nick Jensen and Patrick Foy published an op-ed in CalMatters in support of legislation to protect native California succulents from poaching. The bill was signed into law in September, 2021.
Seeing animals and birds is one of the main draws of spending time in nature. But as researchers who study conservation, wildlife and human impacts on wild places, we believe it’s important to know that you can have major effects on wildlife just by being nearby.
"The report unequivocally concludes that land- and ocean-based actions that capture carbon must be in addition to, and not in lieu of, ambitious reductions of emissions from fossil fuels," said Doreen Stabinsky.
Natalie is currently a graduate teaching assistant at the University of New Hampshire pursuing an MS in Natural Resource Management specializing in conservation and sustainability. As a New Hampshire Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellow, her...
Thomas Morales is pursuing his Master of Public Health in Environmental Sciences at San Diego State University. Thomas obtained his Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science at San Diego State University. While studying environmental...
Gabriela ‘Gaby’ Alberola is originally from Panama City, Panama, where her passion for environmental and social justice was born. For her undergraduate research at the University of Panama, she conducted a botanical inventory of a forest...
As climate change exacerbates the urban heat island and disrupts watershed functions, geomorphically functioning urban streams and green spaces will become increasingly important features of livable cities. Many parts of California have...
Six feet of social distance may be the new norm between people, but a new report says if you don’t want to disturb wildlife, you need to keep waaaaaaay back.
Switzer Fellow Nick Jensen, quoted in this press release, is Conservation Program Director for the California Native Plant Society, one of the plaintiffs in this ruling.
Switzer Fellows Nick Jensen, Naomi Fraga and Maria Jesus were featured in Vogue's Earth Day article Saving the Super Bloom: Why California’s Wildflowers Are Under Siege.
