Santa Barbara,
CA,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
Students focusing on Conservation Planning (CP) within the Master of Environmental Science and Management program develop skills to strategically conserve, manage, and rehabilitate wildlife populations and ecosystems amid environmental shifts. The CP specialization builds upon principles of population and community ecology, landscape ecology, conservation biology, and climate change science. This field demands technical expertise in ecological assessment, data interpretation, spatial mapping, and predictive modeling. Additionally, CP students gain knowledge of legal and policy structures related to land and water resource planning, ecosystem management, and species conservation efforts.