Katie Michels

Katie Michels, MBA-MEM '23

Katie Michels is a joint degree student at the Yale School of the Environment and the Yale School of Management.

Authored Articles
The Land Trust Alliance's 2021 Rally raised defining questions from start to restart.

What makes a land trust earn its trust? 

Digging In: Our Recharge From Rally

Sawyer Cresap, Katie Michels, Jackson Moller, Helen Rogers, Angela Xue
Several CFN student writers and members of the editorial team participated in the 2021 Land Trust Alliance Rally. Below, some share their reflections. SESSION: A Necessary Reckoning: Using History to Take Your Conservation Work to the Next Level This session included three panels, each centered on the question of how...
Cash flows and rivers flow

The Washington Farmland Trust, which crafted the Conservation Note, provided this image. 

Good Crops, Good Credit: How a Northwest Land Trust Sustains Farmland With Capital

Katie Michels
How does a farmer with no desire to keep growing crops become a catalyst for financial value and land preservation? The Washington Farmland Trust worked with a farmer at the end of his career to craft a financial package that would keep his land from developers, sustain ecosystem services, and...