Understanding Forest Physiology: Lucy Penn Kerhoulas On Water Use, Human Impact, & Restoration
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In this conversation, we dive into the fascinating world of forest physiology with Lucy Penn Kerhoulas, an Associate Professor in the Department of Forestry, Fire, and Rangeland Management at Cal Poly Humboldt.
How do trees and forests use water? How does human activity affect these crucial ecosystems? Lucy joins us to explain…
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- Restoration efforts to improve redwood forests in Northern California.
- Why fuel reduction is so important to reduce fire hazards.
- How humans affect water accessibility for forest environments.
- Different diseases that cause trees to die.
Lucy gathers information on the coniferous forests of the western U.S. using various methods. From tree climbing to measuring gas exchange and stable isotopes of wood, she is dedicated to discovering how water use and carbon storage impact forest systems – and how to preserve these vital ecosystems for generations to come.
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| 0:35.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | My guest today is Lucy Penn Corbulis. She's an associate professor. She deals with |
| 0:45.8 | forest physiology. She's part of the Department of Forestry and Wildland Resources at Cal Poly |
| 0:51.9 | and Humboldt, California. |
| 0:53.4 | So I think it's going to be a very interesting call. |
| 0:55.4 | Welcome, Lucy. |
| 0:56.3 | Thanks, I'm happy to be here. |
| 0:58.6 | Well, great. |
| 0:59.2 | Tell me a bit about your background and then just some clarification on the work that you do now because |
| 1:04.0 | you know some of the terms like I don't know if the audience will be familiar with |
| 1:07.2 | them but you know again first some background. |
| 1:10.2 | Yeah I grew up in Northern California kind of near San Francisco, and I've just, even as a kid, was sort of always into nature. |
| 1:20.0 | So I moved up to far Northern California to Humboldt County to study Botany, you know, after high school and I kind of fell even more in love with plants while I was up here and in particular're really tall forests of Northern California that are here. |
| 1:35.3 | And then I feel like it's kind of been the rest is history sort of following the breadcrumbs |
| 1:40.9 | where they've led me in terms of just following opportunities and ending up in |
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