trees

September 1, 2012

Tree-sized benefits

Professor James Lutz, UW research scientist in environmental and forest sciences, is the lead author of the largest quantitative study yet on the importance of big trees in temperate forests.

March 1, 2010

Getting the dirt

In a barren pit on Vashon Island, UW School of Forest Resources graduate student Kate Kurtz is growing a forest—and fighting climate change along the way.

March 1, 2008

Shade crusade

It's time to abandon the hard-edged urban landscape, says Kathleen Wolf. Trees, shrubs and plants not only help the environment, they also make us feel — and behave — better.

September 1, 2003

Slippery elm

The Washington Elm started from a cutting from a majestic tree in Cambridge, Mass., under which Gen. George Washington took command of the Continental Army on July 3, 1775.

March 1, 1999

Bloom and gloom

As the cherries age and die, the UW faces the challenge of preserving a ‘magic’ space.

Trees show their age

While the aging trees in the Quad will put on a majestic display, the blossoms can't hide the fact that they won't be around much longer.

March 1, 1995

Watershed study

UW forest resources professors and students have built probably the largest research tower for studying tree canopies in the United States.

March 1, 1992

Tree of hope

Once seen as worthless, the Pacific Yew is the only natural source of taxol, a powerful cancer-fighting drug.