225 Critical Zone Science: Intersection of Processes Linked to Geomorphology, Ecology, Fire and Climate (Posters)

This session welcomes interdisciplinary studies that investigate the rates and processes of soil development, regolith formation, carbon storage and the role of ecological and/or hydrologic feedbacks in shaping the landscape (both past and present).

Tuesday, 21 October 2025
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
HBGCC, Hall 1

Participants

• Chair Tammy Rittenour
• Chair Jennifer Pierce
• Chair Carmel Murillo
• Chair Dave P. Huber
• Chair Nora Vaughan
• Chair Martha Eppes

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  Spatiotemporal Patterns of Fire, Precipitation, and Vegetation Response across the Wetland-Savanna Mosaic of Brazil’s Pantanal
  Erica Scarpitti, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN and Steve Goodbred, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN and Ralf Bennartz, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN and Malu Jorge, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
  412470 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Challenges and Opportunities Involved with Post-Wildfire Water-Quality Monitoring Across the western United States.
  Cara Peterman-Phipps, U.S. Geological Survey, Westminster, MA and Sheila Murphy, U.S. Geological Survey, Boulder, CO and Brian Ebel, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO and Rachel Sleeter, U.S. Geological Survey, Gig Harbor, WA and Richard McCleskey, U.S. Geological Survey, Boulder, CO and Gregory Clark, U.S. Geological Survey, Helena, MT and Sarah Elliott, U.S. Geological Survey, Mounds View, MN and Johanna Blake, U.S. Geological Survey, Albuquerque, NM and Sean Payne, U.S. Geological Survey, Portand, OR and Kurt Carpenter, U.S. Geological Survey, Portland, OR and Charles Alpers, US Geological Survey CAWSC, Davis, CA
  412558 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Exploring the Role of Climate Change on Western Juniper Establishment Rates in a Southwestern Idaho Watershed
  Mallory Picl, Boise State Univ, Geoscience, Boise, ID and Jennifer Pierce, Boise State University, Geoscience, Boise, ID and Dave Huber, Boise State University, Boise, ID and Megan Cattau, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho and David Wilkins, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
  412875 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Linking Upstream Debris Flows to Watershed-Scale Water Quality and Sediment Yields Over Annual to Millennial Timescales
  Anna Bergstrom, Boise State University, Boise, ID and Jennifer Pierce, Boise State University, Geoscience, Boise, ID and Dave Huber, Boise State University, Boise, ID and Kyle Formigli, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho and Josh Enterkine, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho and Bryn Chaffee, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho and Gabrielle Killingstad, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
  412879 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Prescribed Grazing and Soil Carbon Stability: Using C/N as a Proxy for Long-Term Sequestration
  Mollie Strunk, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan and Tara Kneeshaw, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI and Lauren Burns, Tending Tilth LLC, Portage, MI
  414109 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Effects of floodplain logjams on soil geochemistry and plant communities
  Lindsey Blehm, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado and Ellen Wohl, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
  414756 (Technical Sessions)