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Stakeholders in land management discuss the challenges and successes of tribal co-management of public lands in Washington D.C., on March 27, 2023. Photo: YCEJ.
Stakeholders in land management discuss the challenges and successes of tribal co-management of public lands in Washington D.C., on March 27, 2023. Photo: YCEJ.

TFS and YCEJ Explore Tribal Co-Management on Public Lands

By: Sara Santiago Co-Management Conveners What does it mean to co-manage public lands? The standard practice has been defined as seeking Native input for already... read more

YSE Forest-Related Faculty Publications: Summer 2023

Bradford, M. A., Veen, G. F. C., Bradford, E. M., Covey, K. R., Crowther, T. W., Fields, N., Frankson, P. T., González-Rivero, J., Jevon, F. V., Kuebbing, S. E.,... read more
The Forest Crew of 2023 poses in the Curtis Division during a lunch break while marking a shelterwood regeneration on July 26, 2023. Crew members from left to right: Austin Pruitt ‘24 MF, Wyatt Klipa ‘23 MEM, Amelia Napper ‘24 MF, Lauryn Sherman ‘23 MF, Hayden Stebbens ‘24 MF, Zane Weinberger ‘24 MF, Fredrick Addai ‘23 MF, Chomri Khayi ‘23 MF, Grace Bachmann ‘23 MF. In Front: Grua Stebbens. Photo: Joseph Orefice
The Forest Crew of 2023 poses in the Curtis Division during a lunch break while marking a shelterwood regeneration on July 26, 2023. Crew members from left to right: Austin Pruitt ‘24 MF, Wyatt Klipa ‘23 MEM, Amelia Napper ‘24 MF, Lauryn Sherman ‘23 MF, Hayden Stebbens ‘24 MF, Zane Weinberger ‘24 MF, Fredrick Addai ‘23 MF, Chomri Khayi ‘23 MF, Grace Bachmann ‘23 MF. In Front: Grua Stebbens. Photo: Joseph Orefice

Shelterwoods and Soft Serve: Forest Crew Cruises the Curtis Division

By: Wyatt Klipa ‘23 MEM Marking paint splatters, soft serve ice cream, multiple tick checks a day, afternoon swims, the crack of an axe through firewood, the scrape... read more
The Master of Forestry and Master of Forest Science class of 2023 pictured in front of Marsh Hall at The Forest School’s graduation reception on May 2, 2023. Photo: Sara Santiago
The Master of Forestry and Master of Forest Science class of 2023 pictured in front of Marsh Hall at The Forest School’s graduation reception on May 2, 2023. Photo: Sara Santiago

Class of 2023 Fledges the Nest

By: Wyatt Klipa ‘23 MEM In May, the Class of 2023 completed their degrees and set out to put their learning into practice. Through the summer, recently graduated... read more
Measuring the biomass of a tree provides data on how much carbon it can sequester and can be used to inform the quantity and quality of carbon credits. Photo: ©2011CIAT/NeilPalmer.
Measuring the biomass of a tree provides data on how much carbon it can sequester and can be used to inform the quantity and quality of carbon credits. Photo: ©2011CIAT/NeilPalmer.

YFF Instructors Identify Next Steps in the Carbon Credit Debate

“This is all happening right now! Let me check my email about this…” says Frances Seymour, World Resources Institute’s Distinguished Fellow and one of the U.S.... read more