Dr. Michelle Stevens

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Curriculum Vitae

Environmental Student Organization Mentor

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Courses::Papers and Publications::Research Projects::Professional Associations

Courses ::

• Environmental Studies 10
• Environmental Studies 110: Environmental Problems - Water Issues
• Environmental Studies 112: International Environmental Problems
• Environmental Studies 196A: Restoration Ecology (pdf)
• Environmental Studies 120: Quantitative Methods
• Environmental Studies 121: Field Methods
• Wetlands Ecology
• Ethnoecology: Traditional Resource Management
• Course and Environmental Student Organization Field Trips

Papers and Publications ::

Stevens, M.L . 2004 . Ethnoecology of Selected California Wetland Plants. Fremontia A Journal of the California Native Plant Society, (accepted for Vol 32.2, April 2004).

Stevens, M.L. 2004 . White Root ( Carex barbarae Dewey, Cyperaceae). Fremontia A Journal of the California Native Plant Society (accepted for Vol. 32.2, April 2004)

Stevens, M.L. 2004. Restoration of the Mesopotamian Marshes of Southern Iraq : Synthesis of Current Restoration Activities. Canadian Reclamation Summer/ Fall 2004: 7-11. Canadian Land Reclamation Association and Lester Communications .

Stevens, M.L . 2003 . The Contribution of Traditional Resource Management (TRM) of White Root ( Carex barbarae Dewey, Cyperaceae) by California Indians to Riparian Ecosystem Structure and Function. In Faber, P.M. (ed.). California Riparian Systems: Processes and Floodplain Management, Ecology, and Restoration. 2001 Riparian Habitat and Floodplains Conference Proceedings, Riparian Habitat Joint Venture, Sacramento , California .pp 502-511.

Stevens, M.L . The Ethnobotany and Restoration of White Root ( Carex barbarae ) in California. Journal of Ecological Restoration (submitted).

BOOKS

Stevens, M.L. 2007. Iraq and Iran in Ecological Perspective: The Mesopotamian Marshes and the Hawizeh-Azim Peace Park. In Ali, Saleem (Ed.). Peace Parks. Conservation and Conflict Resolution. MIT Press. pp. 313-331. 

Stevens, M.L. 2006. Healing the People and the Land in Southern Iraq. In Iparraquirre, A. and J.M. Rondon (Eds.). The NGO Revolution. Healing a Hurting World. Paragon House, St. Paul, Minnesota. pp. 149-164.

Stevens, M. L. and A. Ryan. 1997. Healing the Land, Healing the People: Ethnobotany of the Putah-Cache Creeks Bioregion. Public Service Research Program, U.C. Davis.

Vanbianchi, R., M.L. Stevens, T. Sullivan and S. Hashisaki. 1994. A Citizen's Guide to Wetland Restoration. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Seattle, WA. Region 10. 71 pp.

Stevens, M.L. and R. Vanbianchi. 1993 . Restoring Wetlands in Washington. A Guidebook for Wetland Restoration, Planning and Implementation. Washington State Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA. Publication #93-17.

Bursik, R. and M.L. Stevens. 1990. Hydric Soils of Washington. Washington Department of Ecology, Olympia, Washington.

Research Projects/Interests ::

Eco-Cultural Restoration of the Mesopotamian Marshes of southern Iraq www.iraqfoundation.org

Historic Ecology of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Wetlands and Riparian Ecology and Restoraiton

Conservation Biology, Specializing in Native Flora

Ethnoecology: Traditional Resource Management and Traditional Ecologicla Knowledge

International Conservation

Establishment of Peace Parks & Trans-boundary Conservation Areas

Professional Associations ::

• Ecological Society of America,
• Society of Ecological Restoration,
• Society of Wetland Scientists,
• Society of Ethnobiology,
• California Native Plant Society,
• National Wildlife Federation,
• California Basketweavers Association