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Emma Grover ‘23 MESc (conference co-chair), Grizelle González (Director, International Institute of Tropical Forestry), Leah Andino ‘23 MFS (ISTF organizer), and Angela Xue ‘23 MEM (conference co-chair) welcome attendees at the conference registration table in Kroon Hall. Photo by: Frederick Addai ‘23 MF.
Emma Grover ‘23 MESc (conference co-chair), Grizelle González (Director, International Institute of Tropical Forestry), Leah Andino ‘23 MFS (ISTF organizer), and Angela Xue ‘23 MEM (conference co-chair) welcome attendees at the conference registration table in Kroon Hall. Photo by: Frederick Addai ‘23 MF.

ISTF Explores Feedback, Interconnectedness, and Adaptation in 29th Annual Conference

By Thoko Changufu ‘23 MF The International Society of Tropical Foresters conference is the longest-running student-led conference at the Yale School of the... read more
Master’s and doctoral students using their hand lenses to study vegetative characteristics used to identify plant families. Photo by: Fabian Michelangeli.
Master’s and doctoral students using their hand lenses to study vegetative characteristics used to identify plant families. Photo by: Fabian Michelangeli.

Ten Days Botanizing in Costa Rica

By Thokozile Changufu ‘23 MF This year marked the tenth year since Fabian Michelangeli, professor adjunct at the Yale School of the Environment and curator of... read more

URI and Silviculture Students Plant 5 Trees for Arbor Day

By Sara Santiago An Arbor Day tradition, Urban Resources Initiative and Professor Mark Ashton’s silviculture course teamed up to plant five street trees on... read more

YSE Forest-Related Faculty Publications: Spring 2023

Addicott, E. T., Fenichel, E. P., Bradford, M. A., Pinsky, M. L., & Wood, S. A. (2023). Reply to Gilbert, Eyster, and Zipkin. Frontiers in Ecology and the... read more
URI's Chris Ozyck and EMERGE CT's Tabari Hasim install deer fencing to prevent browsing of planted oak seedlings in plots in Edgewood Park as part of a collaborative study on oak regeneration under climate change in March 2023. Photo by: Anna Pickett.
URI's Chris Ozyck and EMERGE CT's Tabari Hasim install deer fencing to prevent browsing of planted oak seedlings in plots in Edgewood Park as part of a collaborative study on oak regeneration under climate change in March 2023. Photo by: Anna Pickett.

USFS, URI, and Partners Bring Silviculture to Urban Oak Forests

By Sara Santiago ‘19 MF What is Silviculture? Silviculture is often referred to as both an art and a science. Silvi, Latin for trees or forest, and culture, Latin... read more