Our School, established as one of the first natural resource programs in the country, has been "creating futures since 1907." On July 1, 2009, the College of Forest Resources became the School of Forest Resources within the University of Washington's new College of the Environment, and on January 1, 2012 the School became the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. Our vision is to provide world class, internationally recognized knowledge and leadership for environmental and natural resource issues. Our programs focus on the sustainable development of products from natural resources and the sustainable management of environments that include wilderness and park-like ecosystems, intensively managed planted forests, and urban environments. Our new name acknowledges the increasingly integrative and interdisciplinary challenges in environmental and natural resources management throughout the world, and the need to educate professionals to meet these challenges.
Future Forestry Leaders Graduate Research Symposium, February 24-25, 2012, Vancouver, BC
Wildlife, Water, and Silviculture seminars are open to the public!
Engage Science Speaker Seminar Series , "UW Science Now," at Seattle's Town Hall features several SEFS graduate students.
"USDA Plant-zone map updated, reflects global warming," quotes Professor Sarah Reichard.
"Does Mount St. Helens have lessons for an Oregon logging experiment?," Oregon Public Broadcasting features research by Professor Jerry Franklin.
Smithsonian article, "The way of the wolverine," features alumnus Keith Aubry, '83
UW press release, "NW biofuels coming of age with $80 million in separate projects led by UW, WSU, on project led by Professor Rick Gustafson. See also Seattle Times.
As a child and teenager in India, Zareen Khan was interested in theater, acting in her playwright father’s productions that traveled throughout the world. But it was her mother, a science graduate, who inspired her science career. Khan’s study of environmental science and her passion for environmental remediation led to her current position in Professor Sharon Doty’s laboratory where she is exploring the potential benefits endophytes offer in agriculture, biofuel production, and remediation of polluted sites.MORE >>
