Humans of SEFS is a project that aims to highlight all the people that make up SEFS. Every person in SEFS brings something unique and individual to the table and this project aims to showcase the people who are a part of the SEFS community.
Read moreUW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Professor and former Dean of the UW College of the Environment Lisa Graumlich told Yahoo News that the new Netflix movie “Don’t Look Up” is an “evocative” parable about climate change.
Read moreWhat began as an informal collaboration between University of Washington researchers and the outdoors and conservation industries to study the health impact of the environment is now leading to financial support for forests and public lands.
Read moreA former UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences undergraduate student was published in a recent issue of FieldNotes, a student-run undergraduate journal and digital storytelling platform based in the College of the Environment at the University of Washington.
Read moreAs the recent wildfire season lingers in the minds of many, research scientists, including UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences’ Susan Prichard, are calling for more thinning of forests.
Prichard and many other scientists escalated the fight to save forests after Chad Hanson, an environmentalist, said the 2021 Caldor Fire near Lake Tahoe shows forest thinning doesn’t work.
The UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences own Associate Professor and Associate Director of CINTRAFOR Indroneil Ganguly will present this week’s SEFS Seminar. He will be discussing how building with sustainably harvested forests is a carbon-neutral alternative to typical building development.
Read moreThe UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences is proud to announce the establishment of a new Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Endowed Fund, with generous support from an anonymous donor.
This endowed program support fund was created to support our efforts in SEFS that advance our goals related to diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI).
Welcome to the 2021 fall quarter at SEFS. It’s been such a pleasure to see so many faces, even if partially covered, as we slowly and safely return to on-campus work this quarter.
Read moreUW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Professor Emeritus and former Washington Park Arboretum Director Dr. John A. Wott passed away on Aug. 28. He was 82.
Dr. Wott, who earned his bachelor’s degree in agricultural education from Ohio State University in 1961, and then his master’s degree (1966) and Ph.D.
One of the many natural wonders of Washington is located on the Olympic Peninsula: The Hoh Rainforest.
It’s also the location where UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences fungi researcher Korena Mafune spends her days, climbing the tall trees to study moss and lichen.