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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.
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

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... read more
Doctoral candidate Eli Ward ’18 MFS conducts field work at Yale-Myers Forest. Photo courtesy of Alexander Polussa.
Doctoral candidate Eli Ward ’18 MFS conducts field work at Yale-Myers Forest. Photo courtesy of Alexander Polussa.

‘Not All Soil Carbon Is Equal’: Q&A With Eli Ward on the Role of Ericoid Mycorrhizal Fungi in Forest Carbon Cycling

Eli Ward ’18 MFS is a fifth-year PhD candidate at The Forest School at the School of the Environment. Her research focuses on plant-soil interactions and their... read more
MF, MFS, and forest-oriented students celebrate presenting their managements plans to their clients for the seminal Management Plans for Protected Areas course in December 2021. Photo courtesy of Mark Ashton.
MF, MFS, and forest-oriented students celebrate presenting their managements plans to their clients for the seminal Management Plans for Protected Areas course in December 2021. Photo courtesy of Mark Ashton.

Class of 2022: Jobs and Activities

By Sara Santiago ’19 MF Over the summer of 2022, MF and MFS graduates of the Class of 2022 settled into new jobs, Forest Crew, and more. Many of our graduates... read more
Photo 1: ELTI’s Panama-based Jacob Slusser (standing center) facilitates a meeting between YSE students and silvopasture landowners in the Azuero Peninsula of Panama. Photo provided by Eva Garen, Director of ELTI.
Photo 1: ELTI’s Panama-based Jacob Slusser (standing center) facilitates a meeting between YSE students and silvopasture landowners in the Azuero Peninsula of Panama. Photo provided by Eva Garen, Director of ELTI.

TFS Researchers Debunk the Hype on Forest Restoration

By Sara Santiago ‘19 MF While we may have collectively been off to a slow start in the field because of the pandemic, we are now firmly planted in the United... read more

YSE Forest-Related Faculty Publications: Spring 2022

Addicott, E. T., Fenichel, E. P., Bradford, M. A., Pinsky, M. L., & Wood, S. A. (2022). Toward an improved understanding of causation in the ecological sciences... read more