For most urban wildlife, elements of a city environment such as built environments, limited predation pressure, and highly fragmented habitats pose conditions that they would be unlikely to face in the wild.
Read moreA team from the SEFS Bioresource Science and Engineering program received a $1,000 Spark Award at the 2023 UW Alaska Environmental Innovation Challenge, an annual competition inspiring university students solve environmental and cleantech problems.
Read moreSEFS Professor of Practice and lead scientist at The Nature Conservancy in Washington state Phil Levin was appointed by the Biden-Harris Administration to direct the first-ever U.S. National Nature Assessment.
“Successful conservation, especially in the face of an uncertain climate, is built on the knowledge and collaboration of tribes, stakeholders, scientists, natural resource managers and local leaders.
SEFS graduate students and staff were recently awarded fellowships through the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships Program (NSF GRFP). Awardees Turtle May, a graduate student in SEFS Research Associate Professor Ernesto Alvarado’s lab, and Lara Volski, a graduate student in SEFS Assistant Professor Alex McInturff’s lab participated in a UW NSF GRFP application workshop last fall.
Read moreMary Ellen Moody Denman passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at 94 years old. Alongside her husband William “Dick” Denman, who passed in 2007, the Denman’s were significant contributors to the SEFS faculty and have left a lasting legacy in the form of three faculty endowments and a student excellence fund.
Read moreSEFS Professor Brian Harvey and students in his lab recently published papers on wildfire and forest management, including how fire potential and carbon storage after beetle outbreaks can be changed by forest management decades prior (Ecosystems), how forest resilience is affected by the combination of wildfire severity and post-fire climate conditions across the western US (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), and how wildfire severity in areas experiencing more than one fire in recent decades are reshaping forest landscapes and forest resilience across the northwest US (Global Ecology and Biogeography).
Read moreSEFS Assistant Professor Gregory Bratman is an author on a recent report, “Forests and Trees for Human Health: Pathways, Impacts, Challenges and Response Options,” published by Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) Program of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations.
Read moreThe UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences is proud to welcome Dr. Jerry Franklin, SEFS Emeritus Professor, as the 2023 Sustaining Our World Speaker.
Dr. Franklin will present “What the Old Forests Taught Us: Forest Stewardship in the 21st Century,” and a short Q&A will be held after the presentation.
The arrival of spring on the University of Washington campus can be marked by the annual celebration of cherry blossoms, bringing visitors and locals alike to admire the display of color on the Quad.
Read moreFrom soil to state policy, SEFS alumnus Jonathan Chen has had a hand in elevating environmental justice concerns for communities in Washington. Chen graduated from UW in June, 2021 with a Master of Science degree.
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