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Fall 2024
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| FIRE 200 - Wildland Fuels Management and Prescribed Burning |
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Associated Term:
Fall 2024
Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: 1. Describe the role of controlled burning/prescribed fire in maintaining and restoring fire-adapted ecosystems and habitats for fire-dependent species. 2. Describe different firing techniques 3. Gather data on needed social and environmental factors for planning prescribed fires 4. Participate in hands-on field exercises in planning, preparing, or implementing a prescribed fire 5. Demonstrate the use of basic tools and methods for measuring, inventorying, and classifying fuels with quantitative and qualitative analysis 6. Compare and contrast the effects of biological, chemical, mechanical, and prescribed fire fuels treatments 7. Evaluate the economic and ecological tradeoffs in context with the social controversies associated with each fuels management method Required Materials: Technical Requirements: |
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