Research Coordinator & Forester, University of Minnesota

Lane’s research focuses on the fire ecology of red pine woodlands and forests in the Upper Great Lakes region where he uses tree-rings and other historical records to better understand the ecological and cultural history of fire-dependent plant communities, and apply this information to contemporary forest policy and management. Lane is a certified wildland fire ecologist through the Association for Fire Ecology and is actively involved with the Minnesota Prescribed Fire Council. In his free time, you might find Lane on a northwoods trail, in his home kitchen, or somewhere in between.