{"id":1579,"date":"2026-05-25T23:11:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T23:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-uwsp-multi.pantheonsite.io\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/?page_id=1579"},"modified":"2026-05-25T23:11:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T23:11:43","slug":"tree-ring-fire-scar-history-of-the-upper-great-lakes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-forestry-center\/homepage\/professional-development\/prescribed-fire-for-forest-management-webinar-series\/tree-ring-fire-scar-history-of-the-upper-great-lakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Tree-Ring Fire-Scar History of the Upper Great Lakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-cards light-gray-solid blockspacetop blockspacebottom\"><div class=\"site-width\"><section class=\"hcard-container\" aria-label=\"Horizontal Card\"><div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-card-container\" aria-live=\"off\">\n<div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-block\" id=\"hcard17776560793772532\"><div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-individual split5050 hcard-imgleft\"><div class=\"hcard-infocell\"><h5 class=\"hcard-microtitle\">Fire History Mini-Series <\/h5><h3 class=\"hcard-title\">Tree-Ring Fire-Scar History of the Upper Great Lakes Panel Discussion<\/h3><h4 class=\"hcard-subtitle\">Recorded April 1, 2026<\/h4><div class=\"hcard-content\"><p>Explore how tree-ring data, fire scars, and historical records in the Upper Great Lakes inform contemporary forest management and ecological understanding of fire-dependent communities with Kurt Kipfmueller, Ph.D., Michigan State University, Lane Johnson, Cloquet Forestry Center, University of Minnesota, and Evan Larson, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Environmental Sciences &amp; Society, University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Recorded session coming soon.<\/p><\/div><div>\n<a class=\"uwspbtn uwsp-btn-solid-purple\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OsrRIs4TK5s\" target=\"_blank\">Watch Now  <i class=\"fa-solid fa-circle-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"hcard-mediacell\"><div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OsrRIs4TK5s\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"hslider-buttoncontainer\"><button class=\"hsliderBack horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"previous slide\">\u276e<\/button><div class=\"single-card-nav\"><\/div><button class=\"hsliderForward horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"next slide\">\u276f<\/button><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">PRESENTERS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kurt-Kipfmueller-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-227237\" style=\"width:300px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Kurt Kipfmueller, Ph.D. <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>1855 Professor of Tribal and Indigenous Natural Resources Management, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Kurt Kipfmueller is 1855 Professor of Tribal and Indigenous Natural Resources Management at Michigan State University. Kurt\u2019s work uses the information encoded in the annual rings of trees to help tell the stories of landscape and cultural change. Kurt has expertise in reconstructing past disturbances\u2014particularly fire\u2014and in developing tree growth chronologies that reflect climate variability.&nbsp;His primary research interest examines the long-term relationships among fire, climate, and people to inform stewardship of Upper Great Lakes forests.&nbsp;His work promotes forest resilience, supports Indigenous cultural fire practices, and advances understanding of forest change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lane-Johnson-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-227220\" style=\"width:306px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Lane Johnson  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Research Coordinator &amp; Forester, Cloquet Forestry Center, University of Minnesota<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Lane\u2019s work 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 and communicate 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&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffireecology.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Csbarrett%40uwsp.edu%7C69f92345f21846a2a03b08de86c69dca%7C209c4baddf14417287df060f84f01a11%7C0%7C0%7C639096384841963892%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Moa%2B3%2F434fe3CDv5gkUxFLhWpqsdjMUjhskZWIsYRlI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Association for Fire Ecology<\/a>&nbsp;and is actively involved with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mnprescribedfire.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Csbarrett%40uwsp.edu%7C69f92345f21846a2a03b08de86c69dca%7C209c4baddf14417287df060f84f01a11%7C0%7C0%7C639096384841990917%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0okcYtGWEqumEgmKbQp%2FtlnSZy4DAUy3l0AV3FzV%2B8s%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Minnesota Prescribed Fire Council<\/a>. In his free time, you might find Lane on a northwoods trail, in his home kitchen, or somewhere in between. <br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Evan-Lasron-in-the-lab.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-227187\" style=\"width:304px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Evan Larson, Ph.D. <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Professor and Chair of Environmental Sciences &amp; Society, University of Wisconsin-Platteville<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Evan Larson is a father, husband, teacher, scientist, and enthusiast of wild places. His childhood took place in the woods of central Minnesota, helping his parents tend 80 acres of mixed hardwood forests, wetlands, and a beautiful open meadow. Drawn by mountains, oceans, and forests, his formal education includes an Environmental Science bachelor\u2019s degree from Willamette University, degrees in geography from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville (M.S.) and the University of Minnesota (PhD), and a Faculty Fulbright fellowship to Mid Sweden University in Sundsvall. Less formally, Evan\u2019s philosophy of life has been informed by significant doses of reflection, books, chainsaws and firewood. Evan\u2019s engagement with fire started as a child while helping his family with prescribed burns to keep their meadow open, and has grown through two decades of research in tree-ring research focusing on fire history and fire ecology. His work has come to center on the enduring relationships between people and place that are enacted and moderated through fire. Evan comes to this conversation happy to share the insights and lessons he has learned from trees and the stories they carry, and how these stories can advance the resurgence of a fire culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">MODERATOR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Luke-Trittelwitz.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-227778\" style=\"width:300px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Luke Trittelwitz<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke Trittelwitz is a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin\u2013Stevens Point, where he studies fire\u2011adapted ecosystems. Here, Luke also earned his B.S. in Wildlife Ecology and Management with minors in Biology, Conservation Biology, and International Resource Management.&nbsp;His current research focuses on how prescribed fire influences vegetation, wildlife communities, and ecological restoration across Wisconsin\u2019s fire\u2011dependent landscapes. Luke has extensive field experience with federal, state, nonprofit, and private agencies, working on habitat restoration, avian monitoring, wildlife surveys, and prescribed fire operations. He has conducted research in Wisconsin, Costa Rica, Hawai\u2018i, and Ecuador, presenting findings at regional and national conferences. His professional interests include fire ecology, wildlife management, ecological restoration, bird banding, and fostering conservation through community engagement. Luke is serving as moderator for this session, bringing a strong commitment to restoring fire as a natural process and understanding how fire history shapes resilient ecosystems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwsp-vtabs blockspacetop blockspacebottom\"><div class=\"vtab-intro\" style=\"text-align:\"><h2 class=\"h2\">Additional Resources <\/h2><\/div><div class=\"vtab-thetabs\"><div class=\"accentlinetop\" role=\"none\"><\/div><div class=\"vtab-nav\"><\/div><div class=\"vtab-content\">\n<div class=\"uwsp-vtab-thetab\"><div class=\"vtab-tabtitle\">Continuing Education <i class=\"fa-solid fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"vtab-tabcontent\">\n<div class=\"vtab-content-column bgpurple\"><h2>Continuing Education<\/h2><div>\n<p>This webinar series has been pre-approved for the following:\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>18.0&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eforester.org\/Main\/Certification\/Certification_Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Society of American Foresters<\/a> (SAF)&nbsp;\u200bCat. 1 CFEs&nbsp;<em>(1.5 CFEs<\/em>\u200b&nbsp;<em>per webinar)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12.0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ser.org\/page\/certification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SER Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner<\/a> (CERP) CECs&nbsp;<em>(1.0 CEU per webinar)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12\u200b\u200b.0&nbsp;\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.wisconsin.gov\/topic\/forestmanagement\/coop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisconsin DNR Cooperating Forester<\/a> CEUs<em>&nbsp;(1.0 CEU&nbsp;&nbsp;per webinar)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like a Certificate of Completion for a webinar, please send your request to <a href=\"mailto:wfc@uwsp.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wfc@uwsp.edu<\/a>. 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