Forest Management & Ecology
Outstanding Senior
The Outstanding Senior Award recognizes graduating students who have excelled academically and have improved leadership in our College.
Spencer Cortright is graduating with a bachelor’s degree in forest management & ecology, with a minor in environmental science. He worked in Peter Weisberg’s lab on a project studying drought resilience in single-leaf pinyon pine. He will spend his summer working in Sarah Bisbing’s lab on the Sierra ÁùºÏ±¦µä Adaptive Management Experiment, a project to identify alternative forest management treatments that will improve conifer forest resistance and resilience to climate change.