Forest Apprenticeship

Affectionately known as “ Forest Crew”, the Yale School Forest Apprenticeship is a 12- week summer internship designed to give crew members applied field experience in forest management including: 

  • Performing long-term and operational inventories

  • Prescribing silvicultural treatments

  • Marking timber harvest areas

  • Evaluating and maintaining forest roads

  • Surveying and marking boundaries

To learn more about forest crew, visit: https://environment.yale.edu/news/article/achieving-a-natural-advanced-state-reflections-of-an-apprentice-forester/ and https://environment.yale.edu/news/article/yale-forester-apprentice-program-allows-students-space-to-learn/

Also, visit the gallery for forest crew photos taken in the field.