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WSU rushes to restore trees across campus after windstorms

Lissete Landaverde June 7, 2021

Weber State University canceled classes on all campuses on Sept. 8 and Sept. 9 due to high winds that damaged buildings and trees, and left 150,000 Rocky Mountain customers without power. As a result of...

Theres no tree like an endangered tree

There’s no tree like an endangered tree

David Kristensen January 15, 2021

When thinking of endangered species, most people often think of the panda, the African elephant or the white rhino. Here on Weber State University's Ogden campus, a specimen of endurance lives on University...

You can clearly see the mountains from Weber State University. (Paige McKinnon / The Signpost) Photo credit: Paige Mckinnon

New climate compact reaffirms WSU’s commitment to going green

Joshua Kamp October 19, 2020

Weber State University President Brad Mortensen, along with 100 signatories from across the state, signed the newly-created Utah Climate and Clean Air Compact earlier this month. The compact aims to promote...

The trees on the main campus of Weber State University by the duck pond. (Paige McKinnon / The Signpost) Photo credit: Paige Mckinnon

Nine times and counting: WSU wins Tree Campus USA again

Lissete Landaverde September 4, 2020

Weber State University took the 2019 Tree Campus USA award by the Arbor Day Foundation back in August, maintaining a winning streak since the year 2011. For Weber State to earn this title, the campus has...

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The ‘tree-tment’ of endangered aspen forests

Ashlynd Greenwood February 22, 2019

Students at Weber State University learned about the dangers facing Utah's state tree, the quaking aspen, at a forest sustainability seminar on Feb. 21. The presentation was lead by Paul Rogers,...

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Warning Wildcats about wildfires

Kainoa Nunez February 9, 2019

Weber State University students and faculty gathered on Feb. 6 in Tracy Hall to learn about the physics and impact of wildfires with guest speaker John Horel. As a professor and chair of the department...

Birdhouse submissions are due March 24. Photo credit: Brandi Bosworth

Ogden Nature Center’s birdhouse competition celebrates 25 years

Nic Sells March 17, 2018

The Ogden Nature Center is accepting entries for its annual birdhouse competition. Celebrating its 25th year, the competition encourages community members of all ages to build creative, functional, environmentally...

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Trees battle carbon emissions on campus

Kierstynn King September 29, 2017

The Environmental Ambassadors teamed up with landscaping, and, with the help of students, planted seven trees around Weber State University's Ogden campus on Sep. 27, as part of the ongoing process to...

Trees bursting with white florets line the walkway to the Stewart Library. (Christina Huerta/The Signpost)

Trees to be planted to spruce up WSU

Delaney Woodfield April 17, 2016

Weber State University, with the help of local elementary students, will be planting trees by WSU’s Stewart Stadium on April 20. WSU’s own Environmental Ambassadors will be hosting the event in celebration...

Natural burial pods turn loved ones into trees

March 17, 2015

It’s a fairly new concept, people burying their loved ones in metal and hardwood caskets, and according to Alexandra Harker in her article, “Landscapes of the dead: an argument for conservation...

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