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Diana Satkauskas '24 MF (left) and Amelia Napper '24 MF examine pulp wood in NC State University's Hofmann Forest. Photo by: Brandon Wilson Radcliffe ‘24 MF.
Diana Satkauskas '24 MF (left) and Amelia Napper '24 MF examine pulp wood in NC State University's Hofmann Forest. Photo by: Brandon Wilson Radcliffe ‘24 MF.

Spring Break 2023: Snowy Logging, 100 Tropical Plant Families, and Prescribed Burns

By: Yeim We ’24 MFS and Sara Santiago ’19 MF Spring break 2023 took our students from forests under heavy snowfall in Wyoming to the humid rainforests of the... read more
Eli Ward ’18 MFS, ’23 PhD joins The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station as their first female forest ecologist.
Eli Ward ’18 MFS, ’23 PhD joins The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station as their first female forest ecologist.

Eli Ward ’18 MFS, ’23 PhD Named First Female Forest Ecologist at The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

By Sara Santiago ’19 MF Forest ecosystem ecologist Eli Ward ’18 MFS, ’23 PhD is making the one-mile move up Prospect Street from Greeley Memorial Laboratory and... read more
Lacy M. Johnson joins us for "A Tree's View of History" focused on the longleaf pine forest ecosystem.
Lacy M. Johnson joins us for "A Tree's View of History" focused on the longleaf pine forest ecosystem.

Notes from "A Tree's View of History: A Conversation with Lacy M. Johnson"

By Sara Santiago ‘19 MF Before the rise of turpentine production, the industrial saw wood ‘bonanza’ of the 1800s, widespread fire suppression, and expansive private... read more
YFF Review: Theory to Practice of Urban Forest Management, January–April 2022.
YFF Review: Theory to Practice of Urban Forest Management, January–April 2022.

YFF Review: Theory to Practice of Urban Forest Management

In spring 2022, the Yale Forest Forum, Yale Hixon Center for Urban Ecology, and Urban Resources Initiative brought together more than 900 attendees and 12 speakers... read more

YSE Forest-Related Faculty Publications: Fall 2022

Arnold, W., Taylor, M., Bradford, M., Raymond, P. A., & Peccia, J. (2022, December). Variable Distribution and Diversity of Methanogens in Soil Explains Spatial... read more