The creepy crawlies that UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences graduate student Alex Pane investigates are even scarier than they appear. Pane, who was featured in a story by The Daily about his work, recently conducted a study on two major pests found in the Pacific Northwest that kill trees: the Douglas-fir beetle and the western spruce budworm.
Read moreUW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences graduate student and “Plant Wizard” Victoria Fox spoke recently to The Daily about her work as president of the UW chapter of the Society of Ecological Restoration (SER).
Read moreThe Dead Elk Society is hosting a free breakfast for School of Environmental and Forest Sciences graduate students on Friday, Nov. 1. The breakfast will be held from 8:30-10:30 a.m. in the Forest Club Room (Anderson 207).
Read moreUW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences assistant professor Indroneil Ganguly was recently featured in a South Sound Business story about how working forests help inform scientists about climate change.
The story detailed how Ganguly led research, supported by the Washington Forest Protection Association (WFPA), that highlighted that after trees have been harvested and turned into finished products (like lumber and furniture), wood products keep a large proportion of the tree carbon.
In Washington state, it’s commonplace to hear about invasive species. After all, there are more than 450 nonnative, plant-eating insect species living in North American forests. While many of these insects are harmless, it’s difficult for scientists to predict which of these insects will cause harm.
Read moreNorthwest biofuels have a new fan: Dave the giraffe!
Dave, one of the giraffes at the Woodland Park Zoo, starred in a recent video in which he eats leaves from a hybrid poplar tree in the Giraffe Barn, a behind-the-scenes location at the Zoo.
A UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences-led project has been named part of the 2019 NASA Carbon Monitoring Program.
The project, “Teal Carbon Stakeholder-Driven Monitoring of Forested Wetland Carbon,” is led by L.
School of Environmental and Forest Sciences professor and ecologist Josh Lawler was interviewed for a story about a new Audubon Society report that warns of massive bird loss if global carbon emission are not stabilized.
Read moreThe Mt. Rainier Institute at Pack Forest recently hosted a group of students from Yakima and TV station KIMA did a short story on the visit.
The students received an in-depth look at the the natural and cultural resources of Mount Rainier National Park and Pack Forest during their visit.
Maria Blancas, a School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Ph.D. student and staff member of the UW Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, is the recipient of the 2019 Bullitt Environmental Prize for her work with immigrant farmworkers in Washington.
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