The Overstory

Tri-Annual publication of Forest-Centric news produced by the Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment

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El Niño and Seedling Mortality Shape Future Tropical Forests

By Sara Santiago ’19 MF, Forest Fellow In Panama’s dry and wet forests, 10,000 seedlings give insights into the future of forest structure and tree species... read more
YFF Review: The Promise and Practice of Community-Based Forestry Seminar Summary February - April 2021
YFF Review: The Promise and Practice of Community-Based Forestry Seminar Summary February - April 2021

YFF Review: The Promise and Practice of Community-Based Forestry

The Yale Forest Forum (YFF) has been engaging people on the most important issues in forestry since 1994. In the spring of 2021, YFF brought together more than 1,... read more
Forest Manager Jessica Lloyd ’20 MF assists the Crew with road work and trail maintenance. Photo by Brad Ward ’23 MF/MBA.
Forest Manager Jessica Lloyd ’20 MF assists the Crew with road work and trail maintenance. Photo by Brad Ward ’23 MF/MBA.

From Ferns to Femelschlags: A Summer of Forestry, Fun, and Friendship

By Emily Sigman ‘21 MF/MA For decades, intrepid forestry students at Yale have taken part in a time-honored tradition: spending the summer working at the Yale-Myers... read more
Eastern subterranean termites (Reticulitermes flavipes) eat through a black birch log at Yale-Myers Forest. Visible in the center of the image is a soldier and worker termites. The termites make channels through the wood and line them with a soil-mucus mixture, where they bring up the soil from the nest chambers and tunnels they make belowground. Photo by Mark Bradford.
Eastern subterranean termites (Reticulitermes flavipes) eat through a black birch log at Yale-Myers Forest. Visible in the center of the image is a soldier and worker termites. The termites make channels through the wood and line them with a soil-mucus mixture, where they bring up the soil from the nest chambers and tunnels they make belowground. Photo by Mark Bradford.

Termites: Influences from Belowground to Forest Structure

By Sara Santiago ’19 MF, Forest Fellow When walking through the woods, we might focus our attention on trees and wildlife. We might notice the crunch of leaves and... read more

YSE Forest-Related Faculty Publications: Summer 2021

See below for a list of YSE forestry-related faculty publications with their students and alumni (bolded) for June 2020-August 2021. Benitez, L., &... read more