UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences is proud to welcome Timothy Egan, National Book Award winner and New York Times op-ed writer, as the 2020 Sustaining Our World lecture. Given the social distancing restrictions currently in place for Washington state, SEFS will be holding the presentation virtually.
Read moreLeadership at the UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (SEFS) are closely monitoring the local outbreak of the novel coronavirus and are making every effort to address the changing needs of the school community, wherever possible.
Read moreA UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences professor authored a study that is the first to examine carnivore killing and scavenging activities in relation to each other in landscapes across the globe.
Read moreDavid Diaz, a Ph.D. candidate at the UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, has been selected by the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to serve on its Carbon Sequestration Advisory Group.
Read moreClimate change will likely cause animals and plants species to migrate. That’s according to a new study by the University of Washington and The Evergreen State College, on which School of Environmental and Forest Sciences professor Joshua Lawler served as lead author.
Read moreScience is complex, and communicating to lay audiences about the work is essential for most researchers. SEFS 561: Public Presentations in Environmental Studies is your source for bringing the technical information to professional and lay audiences.
Read moreElemental cycling is happening all around us, all the time. Graduate course SEFS 512: Biogeochemical Cycling in Soils and Forest Ecosystems focuses on these cycles as they happen in forests and soils.
Read moreForget everything you think about social science research. SEFS 504: Social Science Research Designs & Methods is making this kind of research fun by encouraging students to tailor the science to their interests.
Read moreIt’s well known that disturbances like urbanization, agriculture, transport corridor construction and salt-marsh filling change ecosystems. ESRM 479: Restoration Design has an answer for that.
The course covers the design process in ecosystem restoration by presenting a series of weekly design problems that students solve as teams.
The Hispanic Access Foundation MANO Project is offering enriching internship experiences nationwide for Latinx college students and upcoming professionals who are passionate about public land conservation and natural resources. MANO is offering opportunities to talented Latinx students and recent grads who may be interested in getting work experience with a federal land management agency.
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