Yale Forest Forum

Celebrating Old Growth: A Conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer and Robert Macfarlane

The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment hosts a discussion with the authors of Braiding Sweetgrass and Underland, moderated by biologist David Haskell. Join us on Saturday, September 18. Learn more and register for the event here.

The Yale Forest Forum (YFF) speaker series is the longest continuously-running speaker series at the Yale School of the Environment. Speakers come from a wide range of organizations and perspectives, including government, NGOs and businesses, working at scales from local to international. 

YFF News

The Future of Wood Building Products in a Changing Climate

August 19, 2021
The Yale Forest Forum is excited to announce the next speaker series for the fall 2021 semester, jointly hosted by the Center for Industrial Ecology and the Yale School of...

Hydro Logic: Why Slow Rivers Have S-Curves

May 27, 2021
Remembering Brian J. Skinner (1928-2019), Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University. He inspired a student, in a 1978 course, to see the ordinary surrounds with...
Professor Ashton lectures on silviculture along the Red Front Trail. Photo courtesy of Viola Taubmann ’21 MEM and Andrew Currie ’21 MF.

Hybrid Vigor: Silviculture and Forest Operations Online and in the Field

May 17, 2021
By Sara Santiago ’19 MF, Forest Fellow This spring, The Practice of Silviculture and Forest Management & Operations courses took on Professor Ashton’s “hybrid vigor”...
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