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Fire and the Carbon Cycle
November 18, 2021, 12PM Eastern
This panel discussion explored the dynamic role that fire plays in soil nutrient cycling, carbon dynamics, and other ecosystem processes. A recording of our discussion is below. Additional resources shared during the discussion will be linked on this page soon.
This discussion was approved for 1.5 Category 1 CFE's by the Society of American Foresters.
Our panel
 Nick SkowronskiNick has been a Research Forester with the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station since 2007. He has also served as the prescribed burn coordinator at Ft. Dix, NJ and as a research technician for the NRS. Nick’s research is focused on the impacts that land management activities have on fuel loading, carbon cycling, and habitat quality. He is particularly interested in estimating canopy fuels in three-dimensional space and integrating research with the needs in the field. |  Ken ClarkKen is a research forester with the USFS Northern Research Station, stationed at the Silas Little Experimental Forest in the Pinelands National Reserve, New Jersey. He has extensive experience with carbon flux and biometric measurements in forests, documenting fire, and insect and harvesting effects on forest carbon dynamics. |  Adam CoatesAdam is the Assistant Professor of Forest Fire Ecology and Management in the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. Adam’s research is broadly focused on fuels management, fire effects, and silviculture in the eastern United States. |
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 Louise LoudermilkLouise is a Research Ecologist and Fire Team Leader within the USFS Athens Prescribed Fire Laboratory. Louise's research aims to identify and model important processes of vegetation, carbon, and fire dynamics and how that relates to long-term management. She also works to link fire behavior and fire effects using 3D modeling. |  Meghan MidgleyMeghan is the Soil Ecologist at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, IL. She studies how interactions among plants, microbes, and soil mediate ecosystem responses to environmental perturbations, including prescribed fire. She seeks to use a mechanistic understanding of soil biology to design and enhance effective ecosystem management strategies. |  Jessica MieselJessica is an Associate Professor in the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences at Michigan State University. Her research seeks to improve knowledge about how fire and burn severity influence the aboveground and belowground components of forest ecosystems, focusing on soil physical, chemical, and biological characteristics that influence carbon and nitrogen cycling. |
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