Sara Mosser

Lecturer, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Sciences

Contact Information:

Office Hours: By Appointment

E-mail: sem32@humboldt.edu

Phone: (707) 825-8260

Personal Statement

Being raised in the foothills east of San Diego, I discovered a love for the natural world through many hiking adventures, ocean swims, river floats and desert nights. I also became distinctly aware of how natural resource viability was intrinsically tied to human interaction with those resources. To deepen my understanding, I received my undergraduate degree from Humboldt State University in Biology. Here, I was exposed to a community passionately committed to environmental sustainability, social justice, and regional economic independence.

Continuing north, I invested my time in salmon habitat restoration in Bellingham, WA. I was again exposed to the delicate and vital relationship between of the natural and built environment, and how this balance impacts quality of life. I received a graduate degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison in Urban and Regional Planning. This academic setting allowed me to address the tough issues surrounding land use, development, and natural resource protection. My land use planning interests include farmland preservation and food systems planning, watershed management and urban water quality, property rights and sustainable development.

Teaching (and learning from) others has been a common thread through my career and educational experiences. I find teaching to be the most challenging and most rewarding way to interact with community! I am very excited to return to Humboldt State University, encouraging students to recognize that land use planning is constantly around us and how they may be participants in local, regional, state and national land use planning processes.

Courses Taught:

• NRPI 310 – Introduction to Natural Resource Planning

Education:

• M. S. Urban and Regional Planning, University of Wisconsin- Madison
• B.S. General Biology, Humboldt State University

Reports:

"Jefferson County Farmland Preservation Report"-Wisconsin American Planning Association award winner

"Redefining Land Use Planning in terms of Water Resource Management: an Investigation of Water Allocation."

"Regulating Shade: effective use of Urban Tree Shade Regulations"