NatuRE Policy Lab

Emily McGlynn shared her research on land use and conservation. Local governments are increasingly interested in managing GHG emissions through land use policy and agricultural conservation incentives. Emily is working with Santa Clara County (home to Silicon Valley) to evaluate how modifying conservation programs can reduce agricultural land conversion and avoid GHG emissions due to urban sprawl.

Madeline Turland presented her project on wildfire and wildfire risk adaptation in California's vineyards where she looks at how vineyards adapt in the face of increasing fire and smoke risk.

Lab alumnus Matthew MacLachlan and Associate Professor Michael Springborn co-author new Sciences Advances article “Hidden patterns of insect establishment risk revealed from two centuries of alien species discoveries”.

Last Saturday several lab members hiked the Judah Trail in Tahoe National Forest. We are now gearing up for winter sports!