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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.
Read moreLaura Prugh to present “Wildlife DNA Discoveries” at Vashon Nature Center on March 10
UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Associate Professor Laura Prugh will present “Wildlife DNA Discoveries” at Vashon Center for the Arts’ Talks on the Rock lecture series in partnership with Vashon Nature Center.
Read moreMarch 10 SEFS Seminar: “Connecting and protecting habitat from Yellowstone to Yukon”
This week, SEFS is welcoming Dr. Aerin Jacob is a conservation scientist at the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y). She designs, conducts, and communicates applied research to inform Y2Y and conservation partners across the region, including species at risk, land-use and protected areas planning, and the role of science in law and policy.
Read moreProfessor 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.
Read moreMarch 3 SEFS Seminar with Pinki Mondal: “Agriculture in a water-challenged world: A geospatial data science approach to inform policies”
This week, SEFS is welcoming Dr. Pinki Mondal, faculty with the University of Delaware, for the March 3 SEFS Seminar.Here
Mondal will present, “Agriculture in a water-challenged world: A geospatial data science approach to inform policies” at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 3 via Zoom webinar: https://washington.zoom.us/j/98563161307.
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.
Read moreForest Health Scientist with WA DNR to present Feb. 24 SEFS Seminar
This week, SEFS will welcome Forest Health Scientist Derek Churchill with the Washington Department of Natural Resources as the SEFS Seminar speaker. He will present, “Integrating Landscape Restoration, Climate Adaptation, and Wildfire Management in Western Forests” at 3:30 p.m.
Read moreStudy 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.
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