Carol’s specialty is plant community ecology. Her professional interests include vegetation and habitat classification, Lake Superior rocky shoreline vegetation, Great Lakes regional vegetation, alvar vegetation and hydrology, fen vegetation, natural area surveys, vegetation management, and restoration of native plant communities. Her most recent projects have focused on restoration of wetland and forest vegetation, forest regeneration responses to different logging practices, and aquatic vegetation of Minnesota lakes. Prior to working at NRRI, she had over 20 years experience conducting vegetation surveys, mapping vegetation, describing and classifying ecological communities, and identifying significant natural areas for conservation.
M.S., Botany, University of Wisconsin- Madison, 1985
B.A., Art, University of Wisconsin- Madison, 1977