SEFS Associate Professor Greg Ettl was featured in a Seattle Times article about redwood forests in the Pacific Northwest. As drier conditions, rising temperatures, and wildfire impact native tree species in the region, coast redwoods may become more common due to their decay-, fire- and disease-resistant nature. In UW’s Pack Forest, Ettl leads ongoing studies comparing the growth of coast redwoods and Douglas fir. He is working to understand how redwood seedlings fare in conditions that are less common on California’s coast, such as drought and under frost. He is also looking to survey the coast redwoods and Douglas firs growing alongside each other across the state to compare their growth rates under different conditions and soil types.