Professor Stephen C. Sillett, Kenneth L. Fisher Chair in Redwood Forest Ecology at Humboldt State University, is recognized as the foremost expert on redwood trees. Sillett and his students changed the way scientists looked at redwood forests when they began climbing the trees and discovered crowns supporting a rich community of life. Sillett’s pioneering research and findings have been chronicled in scientific journals such as Nature, American Journal of Botany, Ecological Monographs, Ecological Applications, Bryologist, and Northwest Science. His work has also been profiled in books (e.g., Richard Preston’s The Wild Trees, Robert Van Pelt’s Forest Giants of the Pacific Coast), magazines (e.g., The New Yorker, Discover, New Scientist, and National Geographic), television (e.g., National Geographic’s Wild Chronicles, BBC’s Planet Earth, PBS’s Oregon Field Guide), and film (MacGillivray-Freeman’s Adventures in Wild California). In 2006, Sillett was named Humboldt State University’s Scholar of the Year.
Steve Sillett climbed the world’s tallest tree (115m redwood - Sequoiadendron giganteum). Whith is colleague Jim Spickler (narrator), they made a video who capture the spirit of this stunning tree !
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Steve Sillett Professor of forest ecology at Humboldt State University, is recognized as the foremost expert on redwood trees. www.humboldt.edu |
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Jim Spickler Wildlife biologist and one of the world’s foremost tall tree climber. www.eco-ascension.com |
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