Professor Kahn featured in short documentary, ‘Forgetting Nature’

UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Professor Peter Kahn is featured in a new documentary about humankind and its connection to nature.
The short documentary, “Forgetting Nature,” was created by British-based filmmaker Ross Harrison and is now free to stream, according to a UW News story. 

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. 

SEFS Professor Doty, lab awarded nearly $6.4 million to study microorganisms in poplar trees

UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Professor Sharon Doty received a large grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to understand how, at a molecular level, microorganisms within the poplar tree microbiome can affect the host plant’s health and stress tolerance. 

Professor Bakker co-authors paper on endangered butterfly

UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Professor Jonathan Bakker co-authored a recently published paper on the relationship between the Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly, an endangered species, and three of its host plants. 

SEFS Ph.D. student authors piece on carbon, forest products for Western Forester

UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Ph.D. student David Diaz recently authored an article on carbon neutrality and forest products for Western Forester, a publication of the Society of American Foresters. 

Study co-authored by SEFS Professor Moskal shows green roofs are effective at reducing runoff

A new study published in the Journal of Environmental Management and co-authored by School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Professor L. Monika Moskal found that the use of green roofs in the Pacific Northwest effectively manages and reduces stormwater runoff. 

Emeritus professor Franklin talks Northern Spotted Owl protections with Post Alley

As the Trump administration exited the White House, it gave one last “kick in the beak” to the Northern Spotted Owl, according to a Post Alley story.
The administration reduced the amount by nearly one-third of critical habitat protected for the owl in Washington, Oregon and California. 

SEFS emeritus professor publishes book on College of Forestry

A UW School of Environmental & Forest Sciences emeritus professor has published a new book that charts the history of the university’s College of Forestry, the predecessor of SEFS.
In “Saving Forest Ecosystems: A Century Plus of Research and Education at the University of Washington,” Robert Edmonds writes about the early days of logging to the days of preserving old-growth forests and the current era of climate change. 

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. 

Winter 2021 Quarter message from SEFS Director Dan Brown

To the SEFS Community,

Greetings on the new academic quarter and the New Year. We all have hopes for improvements in the pandemic over this year, though we also know that we will continue working mostly remotely through the current academic year.