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Director’s Message: Welcome Back!
To the SEFS community:
A warm welcome back to autumn term on a cool, fall day! As we gather back in Seattle for a new academic year, I’m heartened by all the great stories of your research and learning adventures over the summer.
Associate professor Sarah Converse receives Department of the Interior’s highest honor
Sarah Converse, associate professor with the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences and leader of the Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, earlier this month received the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Distinguished Service Award.
Read moreErnesto Alvarado featured in Crosscut story on indigenous fire practices
When settlers traveled to Washington, they assumed the forests they found were untouched lands full of vibrant plant and animal life.
But as a recent Crosscut story says, that idea was a myth.
SEFS Carbon Project to hold Carbon Leadership Panel
Want to learn more about the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences’ Carbon Project is up to? Join SEFS for a special Carbon Leadership Panel from 9-10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept.
Read moreListening to trees: Sharon Doty discusses plant communication in WTA story
Plants are talking, but who is listening? UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences professor Sharon Doty and her team are paying attention.
In a recent story for the Washington Trails Association‘s Washington Trails fall 2019 issue, Doty talked about how trees and plants communicate.
Ernesto Alvarado speaks to KING5 News about Amazon wildfires
As record fires raged in South America’s Amazon, University of Washington’s School of Environmental and Forest Sciences research associate professor Ernesto Alvarado spoke to KING5 News about his time studying the region and what can still be done to save the land.
Read moreAssistant professor’s work on wildfires west of the Cascades featured on UW News
When it comes to wildfires, Washingtonians often think about the dry, eastern part of the state. While rare, wildfires do happen west of the Cascades, and School of Environmental and Forest Sciences assistant professor Brian J.
Read moreSEFS student named NASA fellow
A School of Environmental and Forest Sciences student has been named as a recipient of a prestigious NASA fellowship that funds student research projects in the fields of Earth and planetary sciences and astrophysics.
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SEFS Precision Forestry Cooperative welcomes Nanjing University students
The UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (SEFS) and its Precision Forestry Cooperative (PFC) are thrilled to welcome students from Nanjing University’s School of Geography and Ocean Sciences for a 10-day tour of the Pacific Northwest!
Read moreSEFS’ scientists working to save Washington’s disappearing prairies
For prairies in Washington, the future is bleak. Over the past few hundred years, the state lost nearly all of its prairies, and University of Washington‘s School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (SEFS) scientists are conducting a study that aims to save them.
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