Erica Spotswood, ESPM PhD student, releasing a juvenile Audubon’s Shearwater (Puffinus iherminieri) on Moorea. The bird was picked up in someone’s garden and brought to the UC Berkeley Gump field station by a local resident. Photo taken by Matthew McElroy.

Erica Spotswood, ESPM PhD student, releasing a juvenile Audubon’s Shearwater (Puffinus iherminieri) on Moorea. The bird was picked up in someone’s garden and brought to the UC Berkeley Gump field station by a local resident. Photo taken by Matthew McElroy.

The research done by students in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management is as varied as the challenges we face, and among others, includes a recognition of the complexities of these issues (e.g. health problems arising from the human-water-animal-food interface) and innovating solutions to environmental problems of our own making.  ESPM students are passionate about what they do. Your gift to this fund assists ESPM students by providing support for stipends, fees and tuition for living and educational expenses, and conducting research towards their degree. GIVE NOW