Dr. Monica Turner has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in recognition of her decades of contributions to the ecological study of the forests and landscapes in Greater Yellowstone.
Studying Yellowstone’s Burn Scars to Reveal its Future
Read and listen to Nathan Kiel’s reflective fieldnotes essay on the summer 2022 field season in Greater Yellowstone for “Edge Effects”, a digital magazine about environmental issues produced by graduate students.
National Geographic – Saving Forests
Read about Monica’s long-term research in Yellowstone’s forests in the May 2022 issue of National Geographic magazine.
Welcome Alli and Garrett!
We welcome Alli Kneisel and Garrett Knowlton, new graduate students who will be joining our lab in fall 2022.
Congrats Kristin!
Congrats to Kristin on earning her PhD and on her post-doc position at the Technical University of Munich!
Welcome to Timon Keller and Arielle Link!
Timon and Arielle both joined the lab as new graduate students in Fall 2021.
Monica was honored to receive the 2021 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Watch “The Burn” here.
Fires in the West may be changing the future of forests.
Watch our video to learn about our current research on how warming climate and increasing fire activity affect Yellowstone’s forests.
Changes and Choices in the Yahara.
Watch the mini-documentary on Yahara watershed research, “Changes and Choices in the Yahara,” featuring Carly Ziter and Jiangxiao Qiu (Landscape Analyses video).
Ecology in a Changing World
See Monica and our Yellowstone research featured on the ESA Centennial Video.