A common misconception that many Washingtonians have about wildfires is that they’re only for the eastern part of the state. But destructive wildfires are not uncharacteristic for forests west of the Cascades, according to School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Assistant Professor and wildfire scientist Brian J.
Read moreA fungal expert and UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Ph.D. graduate is one of the subjects of a recent PBS Terra piece on saving an ancient forest.
Korena Mafune, Ph.D., who completed her Ph.D.
In May of this year, Trent Roussin, a UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences student and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife employee, found the body of a female gray wolf that had been poached in Washington’s Stevens County.
Read moreThe recent Pacific Northwest heat wave had a serious health impact on many things – including people and birds – and UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Emeritus Professor Tom Hinckley told The Seattle Times that trees were affected too.
Read moreMost Washingtonians know wildfire smoke is here to stay, and researchers are wondering what happens to the birds when the smoke takes over the skies.
UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences researchers are among the first to study the impact of wildfire smoke on common birds.
As Seattle and western Washington is about to see temperatures above 100, experts are warning of the wildfire danger that comes along with the heat.
UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (SEFS) faculty and researchers have spoken to various media outlets recently about the wildfire danger that comes with the hot temperatures.
As the next wildfire season approaches, Washington is preparing for what experts are saying could be a “challenging” year. Many people may wonder why wildfire season has become so severe and what has led to this level of concern for Washington’s forests.
Read moreA UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences 2019 Ph.D. graduate and beaver expert was quoted in a recent story by The Seattle Times.
Ben Dittbrenner ’19, who also founded Beavers Northwest in 2013, discussed with the newspaper how beavers view roads as dams and the culverts in them as spaces that need patching up.
A UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences graduate has been named the winner of the prestigious UW President’s Medal for 2021 and appointed as the 2021 Gonfaloniere for the College of the Environment.
Read moreEvery spring, the UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences recognizes a number of people within the SEFS community for their efforts over the previous year. Given the difficulties of the past year and a half, the SEFS Awards Committee opted to award two people per award.
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