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NASA awards $1.2 million to SEFS professor’s wildlife project
NASA has awarded $1.2 million to fund a wildlife project, led by SEFS associate professor Laura Prugh, that aims to monitor the effects of changing snow conditions on wildlife in Alaska and Washington.
Read moreSEFS professor receives funding to study how climate change will affect forest fires in western Washington
A SEFS project aiming to build a better understanding of how future climate change will affect the potential for fires west of the cascades and understand how fire and climate affect forest recovery and management options there has received $300,000 in funding from the USGS NW Climate Adaptation Science Center.
Read moreRecent Messages from UW and SEFS Leadership
A message from Dan Brown, SEFS Director, on June 1, 2020:
Dear SEFS Community,
I’m reflecting at the end of a long weekend after a long week. This has been a very challenging quarter for all of us, as we’ve adapted our teaching, learning, and research to carry on in some fashion in the midst of a global pandemic.
Professor Kristiina Vogt interviewed about preserving environment, e-waste
UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences professor Kristiina Vogt was recently interviewed by Living Green Technology, a Seattle-based organization that spreads awareness on the hazards of electronic waste and provides an eco-friendly way to recycle unused electronics.
Read moreWashington Rare Plant Care and Conservation wins Washington Native Plant Society Award
The Washington Rare Plant Care and Conservation program within the University of Washington Botanic Gardens has received the 2020 Conservation Partner of the Year Award from the Washington Native Plant Society.
Read moreThree SEFS students named to 2020 Husky 100
Three School of Environmental and Forest Science students have been named to the 2020 Husky 100 list!
Congratulations to Autumn Forespring, an ESRM and American Indian Studies student, Sierra Red Bow, an ESRM and American Indian Studies student, and Olivia Sanderfoot, a Ph.D.
Moving Forward, Together: A spring message from the director
Dear SEFS Community:
Greetings to all of you, wherever you may be. It’s eerily quiet on campus during this time of the year, which is usually one of the busiest. I hope you are finding ways to make the most of this unusual time.
Watch Timothy Egan’s Sustaining Our World lecture
On April 13, the UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences welcomed Timothy Egan, National Book Award winner, author and journalist, as the 2020 Sustaining Our World lecture speaker. Due to Washington’s Stay Home, Stay Healthy Order, the lecture was held virtually.
Read moreSEFS researcher Darryll Johnson remembered for social science contributions
Darryll Johnson, a longtime School of Environmental and Forest Sciences researcher, has passed away.
Johnson was the longtime leader of the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) stationed at SEFS, which was preceded by the Cooperative Park Studies Unit in the College of Forest Resources.
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.