College of the Environment

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Can trees uncover pollution patterns? WWU geologist to discuss April 24		2014-04-22
Menlo Park: Bay Area jazz lover, expert Herb Wong dies	Well-known jazz expert Herb Wong died at home early Sunday morning, leaving behind a legacy filled with writings and interviews covering the world of jazz over much of the 20th century. He was 88. "He had so many roles in the community," said Paul…	2014-04-21
Earth Days events to begin with festival Saturday		2014-04-18
Naomi Oreskes reads from "Merchants of Doubt" at WWU	Naomi Oreskes shares ideas from her latest book, "Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming," in a free talk at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 17, at Western Washington University Viking Union Multipurpose Room.	2014-04-17
Professor, students use UAVs to track elk herds		2014-04-17
Faculty asked to participate in spring commencement June 14		2014-04-15
Lake Whatcom cleanup a long and complex task	The latest annual report on Lake Whatcom water quality seems to be frustrating people who want to see dramatic improvement and drastic measures to get there. In a recent news report, lead Lake Whatcom researcher Robin Matthews said there are no quick fixes for lake…	2014-04-14
Tribes, feds experiment with drones to count elk	Looking out over the town of Hamilton in the upper Skagit River valley from a hillside on state Department of Natural Resources land, a team of federal unmanned aircraft operators and local researchers scouted for elk. They couldn’t see elk themselves from that high up, but they knew they…	2014-04-14
Drones plot upriver elk herd’s size	Looking out over the town of Hamilton in the upper Skagit River valley from a hillside on state Department of Natural Resources land, a team of federal unmanned aircraft operators and local researchers scouted for elk. They couldn’t see elk themselves from that high up, but they knew they…	2014-04-11
Environmentalist Bill McKibben to talk at WWU	Environmentalist Bill McKibben will discuss climate change in his lecture "350: The Most Important Number in the World," at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at Western Washington University's Performing Arts Center.	2014-04-09

Can trees uncover pollution patterns? WWU geologist to discuss April 24

2014-04-22

Menlo Park: Bay Area jazz lover, expert Herb Wong dies

Well-known jazz expert Herb Wong died at home early Sunday morning, leaving behind a legacy filled with writings and interviews covering the world of jazz over much of the 20th century. He was 88.

"He had so many roles in the community," said Paul…

2014-04-21

Earth Days events to begin with festival Saturday

2014-04-18

Naomi Oreskes reads from "Merchants of Doubt" at WWU

Naomi Oreskes shares ideas from her latest book, "Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming," in a free talk at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 17, at Western Washington University Viking Union Multipurpose Room.

2014-04-17

Professor, students use UAVs to track elk herds

2014-04-17

Faculty asked to participate in spring commencement June 14

2014-04-15

Lake Whatcom cleanup a long and complex task

The latest annual report on Lake Whatcom water quality seems to be frustrating people who want to see dramatic improvement and drastic measures to get there.

In a recent news report, lead Lake Whatcom researcher Robin Matthews said there are no quick fixes for lake…

2014-04-14

Tribes, feds experiment with drones to count elk

Looking out over the town of Hamilton in the upper Skagit River valley from a hillside on state Department of Natural Resources land, a team of federal unmanned aircraft operators and local researchers scouted for elk.

They couldn’t see elk themselves from that high up, but they knew they…

2014-04-14

Drones plot upriver elk herd’s size

Looking out over the town of Hamilton in the upper Skagit River valley from a hillside on state Department of Natural Resources land, a team of federal unmanned aircraft operators and local researchers scouted for elk.
They couldn’t see elk themselves from that high up, but they knew they…

2014-04-11

Environmentalist Bill McKibben to talk at WWU

Environmentalist Bill McKibben will discuss climate change in his lecture "350: The Most Important Number in the World," at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at Western Washington University's Performing Arts Center.

2014-04-09