Awards

This project will be conducted by Sonoma State University to support restoration of kelp forests by the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. Building on our decades of experience in kelp forest ecology, aquaculture and restoration with our partners at Moss Landing Marine Labs, we will help GFNMS to build scientific and restoration capacity for kelp forests in the northern California region.

This project sets the stage to establish the Galbreath Wildlands Preserve as a prescribed burn demonstration site for fuel reduction, ecological and cultural objectives. Through on-going public events, the site will give community members first-hand experience comparing these approaches, and gaining the knowledge and skills needed by the community to re-introduce prescribed fire as a land management tool in southern Mendocino County.

This project partners six organizations to reduce wildfire risk to people and nature by conducting ecologically informed mechanical fuels management on ~2,000 acres at 12 public and protected sites in High or Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones across Sonoma County and southern Mendocino County. Ecologically informed fuels removal, prescribed grazing, and prescribed fire will be conducted on approx. 500 ac and 15 miles of road and trail. All sites provide significant public benefits including programs for under-served or disadvantaged communities.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will be issued task orders for future County of Marin projects including monitoring, pedestrian surveys, GPR surveys, drone 3d modeling, construction monitoring, Cal NAGPRA consultation and anything else requested by County of Marin.

This project extends Teresa Nguyen's prior work on Latinx families by disentangling the effects of race and income on intimate relationship processes. To do so, Teresa will survey Latinx families and a comparison sample of White and Asian families who vary in socioeconomic status.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will perform curation services for the Humboldt Harbor Lighthouse.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will implement the Archaeological Monitoring for Phase 2 of a creek restoration project within Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA), Muir Woods National Monument (MUWO) in late summer/fall 2023 to enhance habitat for the federally-listed endangered Coho salmon, and undertake other steps as needed/required.

Focusing on two partner districts’ needs for TK/K, SPED, and BIPOC educators, NBECSR will design a Teacher Residency Program that increases and diversifies the pool of well-qualified teachers by (1) building the capacity of the districts and SSU to plan a successful Teacher Residency that incorporates pre-service teachers in grades TK-5 and (2) recruiting and retaining high-quality local teacher candidates who reflect the demographics of local students.

For over a decade, the MESA statewide grant has been supporting Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) as one of thirteen university academic support programs in public and private California Universities. The goal of MESA at SSU is to increase the number of historically underrepresented students who pursue and persist in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) related degrees and ultimately, careers.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct professional and technical cultural resources work for Caltrans which will support the development and construction of the State transportation system. The ASC's services will be in support of and may be part of the required documentation for project approval under State and Federal environmental laws and regulations.