PSU Environmental Science & Management

Excellent field trip for ESM 416/516 Ecosystem Restoration with Amy Van Riessen (North Clackamas Watersheds Council) at Kellogg Dam in Milwaukie!

https://insideportlandstate.pdx.edu/2022/04/14/psu-student-helps-track-rare-species-in-oregon/

Check out this story featuring ESM major Reagan Thomas and the Institute for Natural Resources!

PSU student helps track rare species in Oregon udents that work with Portland State’s Institute for Natural Resources (INR) are gaining skills that set them up for success in future research or conservation management careers.

Racism, discrimination, exposure to toxins, and environmental degradation are connected. Find some starting points in this curated list here and take ESM 487/587 Environmental Justice for more.

Read Up on the Links Between Racism and the Environment Our global climate reporter suggests some smart reads on how they're related.

One of our students in the news!

Charles Ross, a PSU Environmental Science & Management student, created the site covidmapspdx.com in part to help connect people with important resources related to things such as local grocery stores’ altered hours, restaurant locations offering free meals for unemployed food service industry workers, and statewide food assistance programs.

"I really just wanted to try and inform people of where they are in relation to these resources here in town," he says. "That’s really a powerful tool in that sense."

Need to know altered grocery store hours? This website wants to help “I really just wanted to try and inform people of where they are in relation to these resources here in town.”