Environment

Outstanding Degree Projects on the Environment

2009

• Protected Areas Governance in Belize: A Triple Bottom Line Evaluation and Decision Analyis (2.26 MB PDF) Shella Biallas, 2009
  Betty Jane Narver Prize for Degree Project of Outstanding Merit
• Improving Commercial Compost Collection in Seattle Neighborhoods (1.24 MB PDF) Grayson Court, 2009

2008

• How Much Water Can We Pump Out of the Ground?: Permit Exempt Wells in the Snohomish Basin (5,400 KB PDF) Seth Ballhorn, 2008
• Funding Tree Kangaroo Habitat Protection and Community Development through the Carbon Offset Market (2,215 KB PDF) Andrea Cuccaro, 2008

2007

• Just for the Halibut: An Evaluation of the Stakeholder Participation within the International Pacific Halibut Commission (438 KB PDF) Heather Dowey, 2007
• Nitrate/Nitrite Contamination in Drinking Water in EPA Region 10 States: An Assessment of Potential Health Risks, Exposure, and Current Policy Data Resources (6,863 MB PDF)
Wendy Inouye, 2007
  Betty Jane Narver Prize for Degree Project of Outstanding Merit
• A Preliminary Assessment of the Effects and Key Impacts of Global Climate Change on Water Infrastructure Systems in Alaska (1,860 KB PDF) Andrea Sternberg, 2007

2006

• The Role of EPA Region 10 in Smart Growth and Low Impact Development Planning and Implementation in the Puget Sound Region (880 KB PDF) Kathryn Lewis, 2006
• Giving and Growing: An Evaluation of Lettuce Link's Seed Distribution Project (148 KB PDF) 
Dani C. Reynaud, 2006
• Washington State Department of Agriculture's Rule-Making Process: An Evaluation of a Proposed Pesticide Spray Drift Notification Rule (307 KB PDF) Gretchen Snoey, 2006

2005

• Local Land Conservation Efforts: A Study of Selected County Programs (459 KB PDF) Yoko Matsumoto, 2005
• The Impact of Vested Development In the Central Puget Sound Region (265 KB PDF) Appendices (434 KB PDF) 
Margo Tufts and Christina Einstein O'Claire, 2005
• Collaborative Processes: Lessons Learned From the Timber Fish Wildlife And Chelan Agreements (237 KB PDF)
 Roma Call, 2005

2004

• The Funding Conundrum - the Snoqualmie/Skykomish Watershed, King County (803 KB PDF) Appendices (1,019 KB PDF) 
Kelly McCaffrey, 2004
  Robert H. Pealy Prize for Degree Project of Outstanding Merit
• Sustainable Street Design: An Analysis of Best Practices As Seen Within the Seattle Context (748 KB PDF) Appendix I (94 KB PDF) Appendix II (82 KB PDF)
 Gabriel Scheer, 2004

2003

• Electricity Market Restructuring: International Perspectives on Consumer Experience, System Reliability and System Investment (948 KB PDF) 
Rebecca Sears, 2003
• The Interaction Between Fiscal Policy and Growth in Four Colorado Counties (912 KB PDF) Jody Kennedy, 2003
• Jefferson County Economic Assessment: Analysis and Recommendations for Future Economic Development Efforts (371 KB PDF) Kursten Holabird, 2003

2001

• Growth Neutral Water Use Indicators: A Study on Per Capita Water Use in the City of Seattle (660 KB PDF) 
Shannon Shue, 2001