Carol A. Johnston

Carol Arlene Johnston is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Natural Resource Management at South Dakota State University.

Education Johnston earned a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources from Cornell University. She then went on to earn a Master of Science in Land Resources and Soil Science, both degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Johnston also received her PhD in Soil Science from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Johnston collaborated with researchers across the country to prepare a brief in support of Clean Water Rule.

Awards and honors 2013 Elected Fellow of the Society for Wetland Scientists

2009 National Wetlands Award for Science Research by the Environmental Law Institute

1992 First female president of the Society for Wetland Scientists

Selected publications Johnston, C. A. (2017). Beavers: Boreal Ecosystem Engineers. Springer, New York.

Johnston, C.A., Detenbeck, N. E., and Niemi, G. J. (1990). The cumulative effect of wetlands on stream water quality and quantity: a landscape approach. Biogeochemistry, 10, 105-141.

Johnston, C.A. et al. (2004). Carbon cycling in soil. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2, 522-528.