Environmental Science Senior Projects -2001
To read the abstract for a specific senior project, click on the name of the author...
| AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Jennifer Barron | Does the Pennsylvania State Forest Resource Management Plan Provide Adequate Protection for Old Growth Forests Through Ecosystem Management? |
| Erin M. Binns | A Guidebook for Energy Savings for the Insert Plant at Greenleaf Corporation |
| Kaitlin M. Bonner | An Assessment of Heavy Metals in French Creek Using Actinonaias ligamentia as a Bioindicator |
| Edward P. Casper | The Benefits of Riparian Buffer Zones to Agricultural Areas of North-West Pennsylvania |
| Megan Cieslak | Survivor: Can Nature Survive the Game Show? |
| Nicole Clarke | A comparison of the diatom assemblage model and a chemical extraction model for inferring historical phosphorus concentrations in lakes |
| Miranda S. Crotsley | "I Don't Like Traffic": A Study on the Ways of Knowing and Experiencing Place |
| Brian M. Dillemuth | Land Use Characteristics that Correlate Best with Naturally Reproducing Trout Populations in Headwater Streams |
| Tara L. Dodge | 'I speak for the trees': How literature influences children's attitudes towards the environment |
| Gregory D. Drab | Study of the Resource Manager and Cooperative Group Models of Certification and Their Feasibility for Small, Non-Industrial Private Forestland Owners in Northwestern Pennsylvania |
| Brianna Lee Esser | Assessing the Impacts of Federal Fisheries Regulation: Can the Sustainable Fisheries Act Preserve the Culture, Fishermen, and the Cod Fish of the Cape Cod Region? |
| Aaron M. Fox | Praying For Green: An Exploration Between Religion and the Environment |
| Jeffrey L. Grimes | Drug War Delusions: Assessing Various Narratives of U. S. Aid to Plan Colombia |
| Stephen C. Henderson | Isolating the Effects of Intact Riparian Zones and Watershed Land Use on Chemical Stream Water Quality Indicators |
| Braden A. Hoffman | Effects of a Consultant Forester on Timber Harvest Sustainability |
| David M. Jirousek | Pennsylvania's Farmland Preservation Program: One Step To Curb Urban Sprawl. The Feasibility of Establishing an Agricultural Land Preservation Board in Crawford County, Pennsylvania |
| April L. Keener | The Effects of Fish on Macroinvertebrate Communities in Reconstructed Wetlands |
| Brianne Leigh Kessler | An Economic Evaluation: Case Study of Conneaut Lake |
| Aimee M. LaMontagne | "The New U": Revitalizing the Cardozo-Shaw Area |
| Elizabeth A. Long | Voluntary Simplicity: An Impetus for Civic Participation? |
| Jesse Loomis | An Investigation of the Potential Synergy Between Imidacloprid and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora for Control of White Grubs in Turfgrass |
| Melanie B. Lyle | Logging Moratorium in the Allegheny National Forest: An Economic Impact Study of Sheffield, Pennsylvania |
| Alyssa M. Mack | Creating an Organic Foods Pre-Order Cooperative on Campus as a Way to Support Sustainable Agriculture |
| Adam M. Meurer | An Analysis of Allegheny College's Consumption and Waste Using the Ecological Footprint Model |
| Justin J. Nawrocki | The Effects of Allelopathy on Old-Field Succession in Western Pennsylvania |
| Robyn B. Nicoll | To Be Green or Not to Be: Eco-friendly vs. Conventional Home Building Materials |
| Melissa A. Olsen | The effects of riparian degradation on the density and diversity of wintering bird species in Crawford County, Pennsylvania |
| Rebecca J. Parker | The Effects of Different Foresting Practices on the Population Density of Forest Floor Salamanders |
| Melissa C. Patterson | Straw Bale Homes vs. Conventional Wood Frame Homes: A Comparative Study of Wall Systems |
| John D. Pegan | Assessing The Biotic Integrity of Cold Headwater Streams in Northwestern Pennsylvania Using a Modified Fish-IBI Approach |
| Bryan D. Pitorak | Garbage Day: The Creation and Assessment of a Lesson Plan Using Art to Teach 5th Grade Students About Waste Production |
| Lee Ann V. Pomidoro | Youth as Active Citizens in the Environmental Justice Movement |
| Nicole M. Rizzo | What are the Social Views on Wetland Mitigation in Vernon Township, PA? |
| Rebecca L. Scibek | Pedaling's Potential: How can bicycle transportation be successful in the United States? |
| Timothy D. Shevlin | The Hydrology of a Headwater-Stream Beaver Wetland |
| Colleen S. Toledano | Redundant Consumption: The use of new genre public art to bring awareness on paper use at Allegheny College |
| Kimberly A. Tomczak | Buy the Earth a Vacuum Cleaner: A Collection of Hypertext Environmental Poetry |
| Jacob P. Werner | A Life Cycle Analysis of Steel Versus Wood in Residential Framing Construction |
| Joshua J. Wittmer | Awareness and Attitudes about Sewage Overflow Problems in Pittsburgh |
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