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Motivations for YFF's Series: Smallholder Planted Forests and Trees for Climate, Restored Landscapes, and Livelihoods 

Join us every Tuesday from January 17 - April 25 from 12:00-1:00pm US ET.   Note: there will be no webinar on March 14 and March 21.  Click here to register.... read more
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 

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... read more
Christmas tree harvesting at Yale-Myers Forest is a beloved tradition of forestry students, who sell the trees in New Haven and replant the farm for future years. Photo by Jennifer Jung '24 MF.

Yale Temperate Forestry Celebrates Community and the Holidays with Annual Christmas Tree Harvest Retreat 

For years, forestry students at Yale have been planting evergreens in the Christmas tree farm at Yale-Myers with the knowledge that students of the future will... read more
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

Entering the Baltimore Convention Center’s doors for the Society of American Foresters 2022 National Convention is somewhat like walking through the local grocery... read more
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

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... read more