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Master of Forestry and Master of Forest Science students of the class of 2025.

Graduates of the Class of 2025 Become Foresters

By: Sara Santiago Congratulations to the forestry students in the class of 2025. The School graduated 13 Master of Forestry and 6 Master of Forest Science students... read more
Will Kessler ’26 MF taps a street tree in New Haven. Photo: Emily Sigman

Safe Sugar for All

By: Emily Sigman ‘21 MF/MA This past winter, in between classes and field trips, Will Kessler ’26 MF spent a lot of time tapping maple trees. His goal, however, was... read more
Students practice digging a fireline at Yale-Myers Forest. Photo courtesy of Nate McMullen.

From Classroom to Fireline: Students Organize Basic Wildland Firefighting Training

By: Nate McMullen ’25 MF When Josie Valette ’25 MEM and I took over as co-managers of the Fire Student Interest Group (SIG) last spring, we agreed on a goal:... read more
The Headwaters Forest Reserve, an old-growth redwood forest system in California. Photo: BLM photo by Bob Wick.

The Forest School Helps Guide the Design of the 9th American Forest Congress

By: Sara Santiago ’19 MF The American Forest Congress is not a conference; it is intended to be an engaged, interactive assembly aimed at actionable outcomes for... read more

YSE Forest-Related Faculty Publications: Spring 2025

Baker, T. R., Adu-Bredu, S., Affum-Baffoe, K., Aiba, S. I., Akite, P., Alexiades, M., … Queenborough, S., … & Pennington, T. (2025). Large range sizes... read more