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Maple Managers Mary Katherine DeWane ’23 MF and Emma Broderick ’23 MF/MBA set up taps on 109 trees and tied 2,000 wire ties on blue tubing to create a network for syrup production. Photo by Isaac Merson '23 MEM.
Maple Managers Mary Katherine DeWane ’23 MF and Emma Broderick ’23 MF/MBA set up taps on 109 trees and tied 2,000 wire ties on blue tubing to create a network for syrup production. Photo by Isaac Merson '23 MEM.

Yale-Myers Forest is Getting a Sweet Tooth

By Isaac Merson ’23 MEM “There is a forest in every one of us,” Professor of Silviculture and Forest Ecology Mark Ashton explains as we meander through the powerful... read more
Liz Thomas ’10 MESc is a decorated through-hiker and a founding member of The Outdoorist Oath. Thomas is passionate about reducing the barriers to accessibility to the outdoors and creating a space of belonging for people of all backgrounds and abilities.
Liz Thomas ’10 MESc is a decorated through-hiker and a founding member of The Outdoorist Oath. Thomas is passionate about reducing the barriers to accessibility to the outdoors and creating a space of belonging for people of all backgrounds and abilities.

Avid Hiker Liz Thomas ’10 MESc Helps the Outdoor Community Take Steps Toward Social Justice

Interviewed by Sara Santiago ‘19 MF, written by Isaac Merson ‘23 MEM Liz Thomas ’10 MESc is an avid through-hiker, writer, and conservationist. In 2011, after... read more

Entering Tree Time: Notes On Trees

Jess Jones ‘23 MF Trees are ancient beings. Their histories stretch over 300 million years into the past, and our human ancestors’ descent from their branches is a... read more

YSE Forest-Related Faculty Publications: Fall 2021

See below for a list of YSE forestry-related faculty publications with their students and alumni (bolded) for September 2021-December 2021. Atta-Boateng, A., &... read more
Entrance to COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland as photographed by Yvonne Shih ’22 MEM.
Entrance to COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland as photographed by Yvonne Shih ’22 MEM.

Yale Foresters Weigh-in On COP26’s Declaration on Forests and Land Use

By Sara Santiago ‘19 MF The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26) created international buzz. On Twitter, the conference had its own hashtag... read more