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Arboretum History, Maps Going Digital
Since it opened in 1934, the Washington Park Arboretum has hosted thousands of plant collections and species, each with a meticulously kept record and history. Until recently, many of those details from 1934 through the 1980s—when the database became digital—have been preserved solely on paper, scribbled on grid maps or filed in countless handwritten notes.
Read moreREMINDER: Power Outage Tomorrow
All power will be out in Anderson, Bloedel and Winkenwerder halls for two hours tomorrow morning, Feb. 7, from 6 to 8 a.m., for scheduled maintenance. During this time, your Outlook email will still be operable, but all network files and the primary SEFS website will not be accessible.
Read moreSEFS Seminar Series: Week 5 Preview
Have you ever wondered if it pays to be a good environmental steward or socially responsible?
From a corporate perspective, does financial performance (profitability) increase when a company increases its environmental performance?
The Water Seminar: Water, Soils and Watersheds
We’re already four weeks into the Water Seminar and Environmental Science and Resource Management Seminar series (ESRM 429), but there are still six presentations remaining, starting this Tuesday, February 5! The focus this Winter Quarter is “Water, Soils and Watersheds,” and the presenters represent outside partners as well as several schools within the College of the Environment and broader university community.
Read moreOperation Reboot: SEFS Alumni Union
A few months ago, I turned on my home computer and watched the small wheel spin. The screen eventually turned blue. I experienced a moment of hope, and then the wheel froze.
Read moreGraduate Student Symposium: Save the Date!
The date is set—Friday, March 8, 2013—and final details are coming together for the 10th Annual Graduate Student Symposium at the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (SEFS)!
Held in the Forest Club Room, the annual symposium is a day dedicated to graduate students and their research.
Korena Mafune Receives Dean’s Award for Undergraduate Innovation
On December 18, 2012, Korena Mafune was officially named the very first recipient of the Dean’s Award for Undergraduate Innovation. Selected by the University of Washington College of the Environment Scholarship Committee, Mafune will receive $1,000 for research materials and supplies, and a $1,500 scholarship for tuition and fees, for a $2,500 total award.
Read moreUsing Remote Sensing to Understand Climate Change Effects on Wetland Ecosystems
Semi-arid wetlands might sound like an oxymoron—until you are wading into one surrounded by snow (see right).
Field verifying the condition of such wetlands in the sage-shrub steppe of Douglas County, Wash., is part of a research project led by Meghan Halabisky of Professor Monika Moskal’s Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Lab (RSGAL).
Alumni Spotlight: Kristen McIvor
Forget putting a chicken in every pot, or a car in every backyard. Kristen McIvor has a much grander, greener and more sustainable vision for Tacoma: “I would like there to be a garden in every neighborhood that wants one.”
McIvor, who grew up in Kirkland and Spokane, first got involved in community gardening in Tacoma as a Ph.D student with the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (SEFS).
Professor Bob Edmonds: A World Apart
“Never a dull day, never boring,” says Bob Edmonds—that’s the life of a professor.
That certainly seems true of Edmonds’ career, which has spanned an incredible spectrum of fields within the forestry community.