On Oct. 18, 7 p.m. – 8 p.m., School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, U of W, graduate student Melissa Pingree will be presenting the next installment in the Evening Talks at ONRC speaker series:  “The unseen legacy of fire: Charcoal and its role in carbon and nutrient cycling in forest soils of the Olympic Peninsula.” This legacy of wildfires has the potential to alter short-term and long-term forest soil characteristics and plant-soil relationships.

Please join us.

“Evening Talks” at ONRC are  supported by the Rosmond Forestry Education Fund, an endowment that honors the contributions of Fred Rosmond and his family to forestry and the Forks community. In addition to bringing speakers and interesting research out to ONRC, the series provides a great opportunity for graduate students  and local experts  to present their research or expertise  to the public, a thoroughly engaged audience.  For more information contact Frank Hanson, Education and Outreach  fsh2@uw.edu or 374-4556