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Viewed from Marsh Botanical Gardens, Marsh Hall is home base for forestry students and The Forest School at YSE.
Viewed from Marsh Botanical Gardens, Marsh Hall is home base for forestry students and The Forest School at YSE.

Community Wellbeing at The Forest School and Beyond

By Jess Jones ‘23 MF Trees, in their wild diversity, are rather communal creatures. Through their roots, they share sugars beneath the ground. With their sturdy... read more
Yale and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) gather together in Bavaria, Germany for the first time since COVID-19 emerged.
Yale and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) gather together in Bavaria, Germany for the first time since COVID-19 emerged.

TFS Returns to Travel: Spring 2022 Field Trips

By Sara Santiago ‘19 MF Students at The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment were busy with multiple field trips throughout the semester, including... read more
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.
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

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... read more
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