Thesiss

In 1997–1998 an estimated eight million hectares of forest and land went up in flames and caused a haze crisis that darkened skies across the region for three months. Local, national and international stakeholders were moved to improve fire management capacity; but their visions…

My dissertation focuses on the strength of synchrony (coincident events in space and time) in the history of fire occurrence as a function of various casual agents between points of interest in the Border Lakes region of northern Minnesota. I specifically investigate how spatial…

My dissertation weaves together paleo-ecological data, archival records, historical evidence, and modern inventories to understand the long-term impacts of fire disturbance on forest carbon dynamics in Six Rivers National Forest, California. Over three chapters, I use my results…