Lane aims to reconnect people to the benefits of wildland fire through fire-focused research, education, management, and policy. Lane is certified as a Fire Ecologist by the Association for Fire Ecology and is active with the Minnesota Prescribed Fire Council. He has been with the Cloquet Forestry Center since 2017.  

I entered the field of forestry with a two-year degree in my 40s and am now the longest tenured Tech I in department history. I am exactly where I belong.