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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YSE Forest-Related Faculty Publications: Fall 2020

See below for a list of YSE forestry-related faculty publications with their students and alumni (bolded) for September 2020-January 2021. Albuquerque, C.,... read more
Marlene Miller Pratt, volunteer lead, and Colleen Murphy-Dunning, executive director of Urban Resources Initiative, pose on the site of the New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence. Photo from URI.
Marlene Miller Pratt, volunteer lead, and Colleen Murphy-Dunning, executive director of Urban Resources Initiative, pose on the site of the New Haven Botanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence. Photo from URI.

New Haven Moms, URI Show the Healing Power of Community Forestry

Sara Santiago ’19 M.F. Marlene Miller Pratt is a mother and educator, born and raised in New Haven to a Black family with roots in North Carolina. She had mostly... read more
Genevieve Tarino (’22 M.F.) and James Puerini (’21 M.F.) set fire and observe its spread in the shrub meadow at Yale-Myers Forest in November 2020.
Genevieve Tarino (’22 M.F.) and James Puerini (’21 M.F.) set fire and observe its spread in the shrub meadow at Yale-Myers Forest in November 2020.

Students Plan Prescribed Burn at YMF’s Shrub-Meadow

In the past year, wildland forest fires have dominated the news, but despite the prevailing narrative of damage and destruction, there has been continued and... read more

The Future of Cities and Mass Timber

Eudora Miao, ’22 M.F.S., Program Associate at The Forests Dialogue What happens when you put foresters, architects, developers, investors, industrial ecologists,... read more
Eli Ward collecting data at her research plots at Yale-Myers Forest, Eastford, CT. Photo: Eli Ward.
Eli Ward collecting data at her research plots at Yale-Myers Forest, Eastford, CT. Photo: Eli Ward.

Research Spotlight: Eli Ward, M.F.S. ’18 & Ph.D. student, Studies Invasive Species & Disturbance at Yale-Myers Forest

Karam Sheban, Research Manager, MF ‘20 Shortly before COVID-19 began spreading across the globe, Americans received what we hoped would be the worst news of 2020:... read more