PSU Environmental Science & Management

10/31/2025

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

04/19/2022

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!

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.

04/12/2022

PSU Day of Giving is April 13! Join us in celebration of all the growth & good happening at Portland State's Department of Environmental Science and Management. Learn more at psudayofgiving.org/esm

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12/01/2021

Congratulations to our recent alumnus, Kaegan Scully-Engelmeyer!

We are pleased to introduce Kaegan Scully-Engelmeyer, who today begins a one-year fellowship managed by Oregon Sea Grant and funded by Oregon DEQ. He will help convene and facilitate a group that will develop methodologies for assessing how ocean acidification and hypoxia impact Oregon's ocean.

He will also review scientific literature, compile and analyze data, develop informational materials and assist DEQ with preparing reports.

Kaegan earned a doctorate this year from the Portland State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

12/17/2020

Will last summer's fires impact critical water supplies? | Kelly Gleason is an ecohydrologist and assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Management at Portland State University. For the last decade, Gleason has studied the effects of forest fires on snow hydrology, including snow accumulation, melt, and the residual impacts on downstream water quality, quantity, and availability.
Read more: https://www.pdx.edu/news/will-last-summers-fires-impact-critical-water-supplies

10/24/2020

This is an amazing opportunity to hear Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer speak on issues of sustainability and environmental stewardship.
Nov 17, 6pm Pacific, free registration!

Join us on Tuesday, November 17 at 6PM for a talk with nationally recognized author Robin Wall Kimmerer, of Braiding Sweetgrass fame, on how themes from her book can offer lessons on moving towards a more just and sustainable future.

This event is in partnership with Confluence, Friends of Tryon Creek, Metro, Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts, Oregon Cultural Trust, and The Cottonwood School of Civics and Science.

Save the date! Register today: https://bit.ly/2TkbgcG

06/18/2020

It’s impossible to live sustainably without tackling inequality, activists say.

06/10/2020

Shut Down For A Day, Build Better Tomorrows   It is not enough to say that you stand in solidarity. We need you to be accountable. We need your actions. We need to see exactly what your short- and long-term plan is to do the work to eradicate racism and create a just, equitable and inclusive STEM f...

06/10/2020

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.

Our global climate reporter suggests some smart reads on how they're related.

06/08/2020

Internship Title: Clackamas Stewardship Partners Website Internship Name of organization: Clackamas Stewardship Partners Type of organization: The Clackamas Stewardship Partners (CSP) is a forest collaborative group made up of diverse stakeholders dedicated to restoring ecological function of ...

05/18/2020

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."

“I really just wanted to try and inform people of where they are in relation to these resources here in town.”