SEFS Professor Marzluff talks backyard bird visitors with The Seattle Times
The birds are back!
UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Professor John Marzluff talked to The Seattle Times about the migratory birds we can expect to hear in our backyards over the next month.
Evergreen State College faculty John Withey to discuss wildlife responses to climate change at Feb. 3 SEFS seminar
SEFS is proud to welcome John Withey, Ph.D., Director and faculty member of Evergreen State College’s Graduate Program on the Environment as our Seminar speaker on Feb. 3. He will present, “Wildlife responses to climate change, carbon pricing policies and forest landowner decisions in the Pacific Northwest.”
Withey received his Ph.D.
SEFS to welcome Dr. Beronda L. Montgomery as 2021 Sustaining Our World Lecture speaker
UW’s School of Environmental and Forest Sciences is proud to welcome Dr. Beronda L. Montgomery as the 2021 Sustaining Our World Lecture speaker on April 14. She will present, “Lessons From Plants: Insights For Human Thriving.”
Montgomery is a writer, science communicator, and Michigan State University Foundation Professor in the Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics.
2020 SEFS holiday tree fundraiser sale canceled
The 2020 School of Environmental and Forest Sciences‘ holiday tree fundraiser sale will not be held this year due to COVID-19 restrictions and safety measures.
All trees usually sold during the fundraiser come from Hunter Farms in Union, Washington.
World Forest Week held Oct. 2-12
The seventh annual World Forest Week, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is Oct. 2-12.
A number of virtual activities, meetings and events are being held in celebration of the week.
SEFS Director Dan Brown’s Autumn Quarter 2020 Message
To the SEFS Community,
Welcome to Autumn quarter 2020 at SEFS! And what an Autumn quarter it promises to be. I want to start this somewhat long message by acknowledging that so many of you are struggling to keep up your productivity in very challenging circumstances.
SEFS professor weighs in on wildfires during COVID-19
Wildfire season is upon Washington state, and many people are wondering how the poor air quality that comes along with them could affect COVID-19 patients.
In a UW News story, the UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences assistant professor Brian J.
New guidelines for face coverings when at a UW worksite
UW and SEFS are now implementing new guidelines from the University’s Department of Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) regarding face masks.
SEFS employees, students and faculty should use their personal cloth face coverings if they are physically at a UW worksite, even if just to pick up materials/supplies.
Virtual Event: Join Peter Kahn and the Pacific Science Center for Earth Day!
Join the Pacific Science Center and the UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences’ professor Peter Kahn for a special virtual Earth Day event on April 22: “Earth Day Now More than Ever: Into Nature and Toward Life.”
The free virtual talk will be held at 7 p.m.
Bird-watching study featured in Portland Monthly
Doctoral student Olivia Sanderfoot and her study of how social distancing is impacting birds was recently featured in Portland Monthly.
Sanderfoot, who was studying the effects of prescribed burns on birds, pivoted her research when the COVID-19 global pandemic reached the Pacific Northwest.