Newsletter - Summer 2023

Letter from the Department Head

Dear Friends,

It is an honor and a joy to write to you and share some of the exciting work our students, staff and faculty in the Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences (NRES) Department have accomplished this year.

We are fortunate to have some of the best educators in the world in our department. As you will see through this newsletter, our faculty members continue to excel in teaching while also attracting important research and professional development opportunities for our students. Out-of-class opportunities are a critical element of the polytechnic mission that underpins a Cal Poly education. Some of the ways our faculty facilitate these valuable experiences are by advising our many professional student clubs, supporting intercollegiate professional competitions such as soil judging and timber sports , and organizing class field trips. NRES faculty organized more than 250 field trips over the past academic year. Students are also involved in faculty’s cutting-edge, applied research on topics such as assessing impacts of catastrophic wildfire, exploring organic fertilizer alternatives  and looking at the ecological impacts of solar facilities as California strives to achieve carbon neutrality.

Continue to read the update from Jeremy James