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  • NAFSE

Fire and the Carbon Cycle

Updated: Jul 7, 2022

This panel discussion explored the dynamic role that fire plays in soil nutrient cycling, carbon dynamics, and other ecosystem processes on November 18, 2021.


Panelists (click here for more information):

  • Nick Skowronski (moderator), Research Forester with the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station

  • Ken Clark, Research Forester with the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station

  • Adam Coates, Assistant Professor of Forest Fire Ecology and Management with Virginia Tech

  • Louise Loudermilk, Research Ecologist and Fire Team Leader with the USDA Forest Service Athens Prescribed Fire Laboratory

  • Meghan Midgley, Soil Ecologist with the Morton Arboretum

  • Jessica Miesel, Associate Professor with Michigan State University​

This interactive discussion was part of the Fueling Collaboration discussion series. Other events in the series are detailed on this website.



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