Students

For decades, the heart of the school’s community is its students. Master and PhD candidates join the school from all over the United States and globe, representing different disciplines, cultures, and perspectives. On campus, there is a constant buzz of student-organized activities and initiatives as diverse as their interests and backgrounds.

Pāpala (Charpentiera obovata) saplings ready for planting in a forest restoration project during Devon Ericksen's summer internship in Hawai'i

Students establish Society of Ecological Restoration at Yale

May 21, 2020
Forest restoration focused masters students Thomas Launer (M.F. ‘19) and Devon Ericksen (M.F. ‘20) recognized an academic and professionalization opportunity to broaden their...
Prescribed burn in Connecticut

Wildfire SIG practices prescribed burning

May 21, 2020
The Wildfire SIG conducted an ecological prescribed burn with a local forester and landowner in Connecticut in Spring 2020. The goal of this student group is to raise...
Students from Dr. Mark Ashton's Management Plans course smiling on the day of their final presentations.

Yale's SAF Paves the Way as Yale Temperate Forestry

May 14, 2020
Sara Santiago The Society of American Foresters is not only the national professional association and accreditation of our Masters of Forestry, but also a longstanding...