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Info Session: NW CASC Faculty Fellowship Program

The Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center is now accepting applications for our 2027 Faculty Fellowship Program. The NW CASC Faculty Fellowship Program supports research related to climate adaptation in Northwest natural and cultural resource management as well as training in the principles and practices of co-producing decision-relevant (i.e. “actionable”) science. The NW CASC Faculty Fellows Program is a last-mile program that funds activities aimed at enhancing the usability of existing research for natural resource managers. Last-mile activities take research beyond peer-reviewed publication to formats more easily accessed, interpreted and applied by resource managers. The NW CASC invites applications from faculty and non-faculty scientists with primary investigator status at University of Washington, Boise State University, Northwest Indian College, Oregon State University, Portland State University, University of Montana, Washington State University and Western Washington University. The NW CASC… Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Darcy Gould | darcyjw@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Tuesday, May 5, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Online (Zoom). For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

College of the Environment Community-Engaged Research Symposium

Join UW colleagues in a showcase of community-engaged research featuring applied knowledge partnerships in various contexts. Lightning talks will show the breadth and depth of this research across the College of the Environment. Participatory break-out sessions will foster new collaborations and dialogue on best practices. Save the date! Lunch will be provided. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: seagrant@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: Washington Sea Grant EarthLab Climate Impacts Group. Friday, May 29, 2026, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Husky Union Building (HUB 145).

MAXIMIZING SNOW STORAGE THROUGH FIRE-RESILIENT FOREST TREATMENTS: An example of climate adaptive management from the Eastern Cascades, WA, USA

In degraded landscapes, supporting climate adaptation for aquatic species and their habitats will require deploying diverse management actions in order to reduce the amplification effects of climate change.  In the upper watersheds of the Eastern Cascade Mountains, wildfire suppression has increased forest density, drought susceptibility, and high severity burns. The area’s rivers are also drought vulnerable, with 75% of surface flow dependent upon snowpack. We asked whether forest thinning techniques designed to support wildfire resilience also confer hydrologic resilience through forest-snow processes, and implemented a gradient of forest thinning treatments across which we tracked snowpack response. In thinning treatments, we observed a 30% increase in snowpack storage on north-facing slopes, and a 16% increase in snowpack storage on south-facing slopes, thus indicating that wildfire treatments also support hydrologic processes. Part of the Climate Impacts Group "Our Climate Future" webinar series.  Feat… Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: cig@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. Online (Zoom). For more info visit washington.zoom.us.