The Impact of Giving – A SEFS Donor Spotlight Series: Tom Friberg
This is the third donor spotlight in a series. This series of stories reveals the impact that donors have on students, faculty and research here at the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences and more broadly at the College of the Environment.
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SEFS Alumni Spotlight: Laurel James, Director of Programs at the Native American Fish and Wildlife Society in Colorado
Laurel James is the Director of Programs at the Native American Fish & Wildlife Society in Colorado while concurrently pursuing her iPhD from SEFS and the Department of Anthropology here at the University of Washington.
Read more25 Years of the Precision Forestry Cooperative
Reflecting on the cooperative’s pioneering research and industry engagement
Since its inception in 2000, the Precision Forestry Cooperative (PFC) has attracted many bright minds to the University of Washington. From visiting faculty on sabbatical and graduate students interested in the conservation of our natural areas to curious minds looking to use technology to conserve and manage ecological resources, the PFC has been their home away from home.
2025 WPPF Annual Meeting Celebrates Students, Alumni, and Industry Connections
The Washington Pulp and Paper Foundation (WPPF) Annual Meeting was held on May 29, bringing together nearly 90 attendees—including current BSE students, alumni, UW faculty and staff, and representatives from the 30 companies that make up the Foundation.
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SEFS remembers School of Forest Resources alumni Toby Atterbury, February 23, 1937 – March 26, 2025
The SEFS community is saddened to hear of the loss of School of Forest Resources alumni, Toby Atterbury. He was 88 years old and passed away peacefully in Seattle surrounded by loved ones.
Read moreSEFS 2025 Commencement Speaker: J. Cameron Crump, UW alumni and Forest Resources Division Manager at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Cameron Crump is currently the Forest Resources Division Manager at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) where she leads the Silviculture, Informatics, and Habitat Conservation Plan sections for 2.1 million acres of forested state trust lands.
Read moreGuest Lecture: Dr. Richard Vlosky – Cross-Laminated Timber in the U.S. South: Changes in Sector Influence and Sawmill Engagement Over the Past Five Years
Who: Please join us in welcoming Dr. Richard Vlosky from Louisiana State University. Dr. Vlosky is a UW alumni and is the Crosby Land & Resource Endowed Professor of Forest Sector Business Development at LSU.
Read moreThe Impact of Giving – A SEFS Donor Spotlight Series: John C. Garcia
This is the second donor spotlight in a series. This series of stories reveals the impact that donors have on students, faculty and research here at the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences and more broadly at the College of the Environment.
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The Impact of Giving – A SEFS Donor Spotlight Series: Tom and Arline Hinckley
This is the first donor spotlight in a series. This series of stories reveals the impact that donors have on students, faculty and research here at the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences and more broadly at the College of the Environment.
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SEFS alumna and glacier research technician Kendall Becker is studying insulated rock glaciers in Utah’s Wasatch Range offering climate hope amidst wide-spread ice decline in the Western U.S.
NPR’s Nell Greenfieldboyce recently covered rock glacier research out of Utah’s Wasatch Range for All Things Considered. SEFS alumna Kendall Becker, a research technician, and mountain ecologist Scott Hotaling are on a mission to collect glacial ice samples from natural cravases on a rock glacier upslope of White Pine Lake.
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