Wyss Scholars Supports Scholars at Yale
Wyss Scholars Program Supports Three New Land Conservation Scholars in the American West at Yale University
Three Yale students have been named 2020 Wyss Scholars, a program that supports graduate-level education for the next generation of leaders in western land conservation.
The Wyss Foundation, a charitable organization that supports land conservation in the American West, announced Katie Pofahl ’21 M.E.M., James Puerini ’21 M.F. and Quint Doan ’22 J.D./M.E.Sc. are amongst this year’s recipients. They will receive tuition, internships, and post-graduate support as part of the program.
Wyss Scholars are engaged in a variety of issues including land conservation and stewardship, environmental policy, field ecology, fire science and management, and forestry. They are working for nonprofit organizations like The Nature Conservancy and for governmental organizations like the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Forest Service, and the National Park Service.
“We are incredibly grateful for the Wyss Foundation’s continued support of our students who work to protect the American West,” said Indy Burke, Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES). “Their support will help launch these three emerging leaders into their careers, where they will be applying what they learned at F&ES to tackle the region’s complex conservation issues.”