Prescott College. Environmental Studies.

"The research goal was to study the phenomenon of how middle school age youth develop an ecological identity (EI) through experiential environmental education (EEE). This study used a phenomenological research methodology to answer the primary question: How does participation in a middle school experiential environmental education program affect the development of participants' ecological identity? I surveyed 100 current students between 5th and 8th...

"This paper considers Ammophila arenaria as an invasive species that alters and homogenizes coastal dune ecosystems, creates ecosystem-modifying foredunes and threatens rare, seriously endangered, and endemic species such as Phacelia argentea. Because A. arenaria poses severe issues to P. argentea in northern California, a community group called the Tolowa Dunes Stewards (TDS), and the Tolowa Dunes State Park (TDSP) began implementing two separate...

"Ecotourism, a subset of tourism aiming to benefit both livelihoods and the environment, is a growing sector of the travel market, generating significant revenue and affecting socio-ecological systems at a global scale. Ecotourism is often touted as a 'non-consumptive' use of biodiversity, even in light of existing literature that shows detrimental impacts of tourism on wild populations. Few studies have synthesized existing data and made recommendations...