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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.

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.

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

Hydro Logic: Why Slow Rivers Have S-Curves

Remembering Brian J. Skinner (1928-2019), Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University. He inspired a student, in a 1978 course, to see the ordinary... read more