Dean Ackerly on the importance of California’s rural and agricultural areas and how Rausser College faculty, students, and researchers are working to benefit all people, landscapes, and ecosystems.
Can California, home to the nation’s biggest dairy industry, balance the environmental benefits linked to cattle and other grazing animals with the impact of methane emissions associated with agricultural production?
UC Berkeley researchers are collaborating directly with policymakers and forest managers to bridge the gap between the laboratory and the landscape, studying new ways to mitigate wildfire while also using fire as a tool.
Rausser College’s impact extends far beyond campus and the Bay Area, with many researchers leading community-rooted projects that center the health and well-being of Californians in rural and agricultural areas.
Houston Wilson, BS '05 Development Studies; PhD '14 Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, develops integrated pest management strategies for some of California’s most valuable agricultural commodities.
Natalie Solares, BS ’13 Environmental Sciences, works to support the conservation, development, and use of agricultural resources of Native American Indian and Native Alaskan tribes.
A gift from the Rausser College of Natural Resources Advisory Board helped revitalize the College's Student Resource Center and improve the undergraduate student experience.
UC Berkeley Professors Allen Goldstein and Joshua Apte, PhD ‘13 Energy and Resources, have embarked on a far-reaching field research campaign to take a “chemical fingerprint” of emissions across California communities.
