In January, Lara’s research from her MS degree was published in Landscape Ecology, a top tier ecological journal. As a fellow graduate student and colleague, I witnessed her hard, work, blood, sweat, and tears that went into this research. It’s great to see it disseminated to the scientific community now. Special thanks to Don for making sure this happened.
One of the qualities that I admired about Lara most was her ability to discuss the spatial autocorrelation structure of historical fire regimes with the same ease that she discussed technical rock climbing. It’s easy to think about how far Lara could have gone in her career and education, as she knew no limits and demonstrated her confidence. Like us, the field of landscape ecology is missing out from her presence and contributions.
Here’s a link to the abstract of her publication:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/p6r68t131863000t/?p=f56cd2e8837b41e4aef2e6933ceb335c&pi=9
The full text is copyright protected. Let me know if you would like to see the entire article.
-Crystal
Lara Kellogg
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- The breadth of her relationship to us is far reaching, her friendships deep and long lasting. Ever in motion, she lived three lives every day, her broad smile and infectious laughter gracing each moment. She was a natural storyteller, in delivery and in experience, for they were her stories, unembellished. To summarize her would be a travesty of embarrassing proportions; even for those of us who were characters in her stories, our remembrance is but a moment of her rich life. If you live only one life each day, these stories will be a window into an existence extraordinary. Yes, if you were close, if you were acquainted, and even if you never had the opportunity, these stories will help all of us in the years to come, our years without Lara.