YSE Forest-Related Education

At the YSE Forest School, education takes place in many forms and places, including at the Yale Forests, field trips throughout the U.S. and world, and virtually through online courses and certificate programs. Faculty, lecturers, and staff guide these educational experiences, while students and alum provide input and participate in the classroom, online, and in the field.

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

April 20, 2023
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 Ecuadorian...
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

April 20, 2023
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 tropical botany...
The 2022 fall forestry field trip visited forest and agricultural lands in Vermont in October 2022. Photo courtesy of Philipp Hoehme, visiting TUM student. 

Students Visit the Northern Hardwoods During the Fall Forestry Field Trip 

January 9, 2023
For the third week of October, master’s and PhD students headed to the regenerative farms and northern hardwood forests of Vermont for the 2022 fall forestry field...
Liz Felker ’18 MESc (bottom), Sara Santiago ’19 MF (top left), Jules Chen ’24 MF, and Diana Satkauskas ’24 MF represent The Forest School at the inaugural Women’s Forest Congress.

Women of TFS Participate in History at the Inaugural Women's Forest Congress

December 6, 2022
Noting the significant lack of women in leadership positions in the forest sector, a group of women organized a space to specifically cultivate and empower women’s...
Diana Satkauskas ‘24 MF, Annie Miller ‘23 MEM, Will Weinberg ‘22 MFS, and Julie Chen ‘24 MF wrap up a full day at the SAF 2022 National Convention in Baltimore.

TFS Gathers at the SAF 2022 National Convention

December 6, 2022
Entering the Baltimore Convention Center’s doors for the Society of American Foresters 2022 National Convention is somewhat like walking through the local grocery store on a...
Joe Orefice (far left) and Mark Ashton (yellow helmet) instruct the 2022 Forest Crew on timber marking in Yale-Myers Forest on July 21, 2022. Photo courtesy of Ian Christmann.

Forest Crew Follows 1950s Beer Bottles to Plot Center

October 25, 2022
Summer at Yale-Myers Forest is undeniable. An escape from the urban heat waves and an opportunity to build relationships with the land and one another, students opt to...
Students and staff, posing outside of the convention center, represent The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment at the 2022 World Forest Congress in Seoul, South Korea.

Forestry Has Seoul: The Forest School at the World Forestry Congress

June 27, 2022
By Jess Jones ‘23 MF We joined thousands of people in Seoul, South Korea the first week of May to attend the 2022 World Forestry Congress, the planet’s largest gathering of...