ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Michel, K. The Policies Protecting California’s Plants: Data Mining California County General Plans & Opportunities For Native Plant
Conservation. (In Preparation)
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Ossola, A., Klein, F., Michel, K., Escobedo, F.. Surviving fire and ash: Assessing tree health and
risk after catastrophic urban wildfires. (in preparation)
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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, OP-ED ARTICLES & OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Michel, K., Palm, J., Schroder, L., Reardon, T. (2023). “Nature-based Solutions in Insurance: Resilience Pathways for Humboldt Bay, California”. Ocean
Science Trust. https://www.oceansciencetrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/InsuranceNature_ResiliencePathways.pdf
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Bachurova, A., Michel, K., Palm, J., Schroder, L., Reardon, T. (2023). “A Landscape Review of Nature-Based Solutions as an Incentivization for Insurance
Policy”. Ocean Science Trust. https://www.oceansciencetrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Final_Draft_Landscape_Review.pdf
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Michel, K., Chapman, N., Winfield, C., Tovar, A. (2022). “Collaborative Governance in Wildfire Resilience: Reflecting on the USFS Net Impact Case
Competition”. EPM In The Wild. https://epm.ucdavis.edu/blog/epm-wild-case- study-competition
Michel, K. “A Complete Streets Network as a Solution to Sonoma County's Transportation Emissions Reduction”. (2022). UC Davis Environmental Policy
and Management Program. https://epm.ucdavis.edu/policy-briefs/complete-streets-network-solutio n-sonoma-countys-transportationemissionsre
duction
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Michel, K. (2022). “COP26 Is Underway: Here's What You Need to Know”. Terra.do. https://blog.terra.do/cop26-is-underway-heres-what-you-need-to-
know/
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Michel, K. (2022). How do I get a job fighting climate change?. Soapbox Project. https://www.soapboxproject.org/journal/how-do-i-get-a-job-fighting-
climate-change-q-a-with-katie-michel-of-terra-do
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Michel, K. (2020). Forests to Faucets: Renewed Analysis After the 2020 Fire Season. Freeflow. https://issuu.com/wild-
plate/docs/pacific_rivers_newsletter_fall_issu
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Michel, K. (2020). River Spotlight: The Lostine River. Freeflow. https://issuu.com/wild-plate/docs/pacific_rivers_newsletter_fall_issu
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Michel, K. ( 2020). The North Umpqua and Fire: Vulnerability and Recovery in Southern Oregon. Freeflow. https://issuu.com/wild-
plate/docs/pacific_rivers_newsletter_fall_issu
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Michel, K. (2020). Report: 2020 Steamboat and Canton Creek Watershed Spawning Survey.
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Michel, K. (2020). Report: 2019 Steamboat and Canton Creek Watershed Spawning Survey.
PRESENTATIONS
“Adaptations Pathways: A Framework for Nature-based Insurance and Sea Level Rise in Humboldt Bay”. Oral presentation. Exploring
Innovative Insurance and Climate Finance Strategies for Resilience to Sea Level Rise in Humboldt BaySymposium. Humboldt, CA, USA.
03/29/2024.
“Adapting to Sea Level Rise with Nature-Based Solutions in Insurance”. Oral Presentation. UC Davis Environmental Policy and Management Policy Clinic Symposium. Davis, CA, USA. 06/08/2023.
“Valuing Urban Nature: The Market Failures and Policy Solutions of the Mission Bay Coastal Wetlands”. Oral presentation. San Diego
Audobon Society, 1/28/2023.
“The Policies Protecting Our Biodiversity: California County General Plans and Opportunities for Conservation.”. California Native Plant
Society Conference, 10/22/2022. (In Preparation)
“Market-Based Solutions to California’s Purple Urchin Infestation”. Oral presentation. CMSI Conference, 03/2022, Bodega Marine
Laboratory, Bodega Bay, CA, USA.
“Climate Change and Your Career: Closing in Gap Between Climate Action”. Oral Presentation. Women in Cleantech and Sustainability
Seminar Series, 1/2021; San Francisco Department of the Environment, 3/2021; Soapbox Fest 2021, 8/2021.