Fire Management Lab Manual Available
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Designed to provide students with information on fire ecology, wildlandfire management, prescribed burning, and the expanding role of the firemanager in the wildland/urban interface, the Living on the Edge:Wildland Fire Management Laboratory Manual has been written and reviewed by instructors in 6 different Schools of forestry across the US. Hands-on exercises offer students a laboratory environment to applytheir knowledge, including their understanding of the wildland fire manager's role in the wildland/urban interface.
NOW AVAILABLE! Fire Management Lab ManualLiving on the Edge: Wildland Fire Management Laboratory Manual
ISBN 0-9762175-0-3
Paperback (coil bound) with 2 CD-ROMs
US $96
Published May 2005
Description
Designed to provide students with information on fire ecology, wildland
fire management, prescribed burning, and the expanding role of the fire
manager in the wildland/urban interface, the Living on the Edge:
Wildland Fire Management Laboratory Manual has been written and reviewed
by instructors in 6 different Schools of forestry across the US.
Hands-on exercises offer students a laboratory environment to apply
their knowledge, including their understanding of the wildland fire
managers role in the wildland/urban interface. Color plates feature
descriptions and photographs of fuel models.
Authors
Andrew Londo, PhD, RF, is Associate Professor of Silviculture in the
Department of Forestry at Mississippi State University (MSU) where he
also serves as the state Pine Silviculture Specialist for the MSU
Extension Service. Brian Oswald, PhD, CF, is Professor of Fire Ecology,
Silviculture and Range Management at the Arthur Temple College of
Forestry at Stephen F. Austin State University. He is the 2002 recipient
of the Carl A. Schenck Award for Outstanding Forestry Education from the
Society of American Foresters. Chris Dicus, PhD, is Associate Professor
of Wildland Fire & Fuels Management in the Natural Resources Management
Department at the California Polytechnic State University and serves on
the Fire Working Group of the Society of American Foresters.
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