Yale Forests News Today

A new installation now on view at the Yale University Art Gallery, developed in consultation with Yale School of the Environment scientists, focuses on 19th century paintings that show deforestation and the changing landscapes in the U.S. during the industrial era.

Nature Conservancy and the American Forest Foundation worked with scientists and foresters to develop practices.

Carbon offset markets pay landowners for storing carbon, by letting their trees grow old. They're increasingly popular with companies pledging to go carbon neutral and more are operating in the Northeast.In recent years, some scientists have raised concerns about whether they actually cut emissions, and if managing for old trees alone will make northeastern forests resilient to climate change. A new program aims to fix some of those problems.

The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment has helped establish the Northeast Forest Farmers Coalition, an education and outreach program designed to help the region’s forest landowners build forest farming operations.

Yale Experts Explain Healthy Forests December 16, 2020 Forestry experts Dr. Mark Ashton and Dr. Joseph Orefice explain the threats to our forests and the solutions we can all be a part of.    What are the characteristics of a healthy forest? “It is important to first understand that the things that we define as healthy, desirable, or needed from a forest are very much human based,” says Dr. Joseph Orefice, Lecturer and Director of Forest & Agricultural Operations at The Forest School at T...