Overview
Description
Fire impacts, both beneficial and detrimental on rangelands, forest lands and wildlife habitats. Pre and post-fire land management. Fire suppression, management and prescribed burning techniques. The influence of fire on natural ecosystems.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- an equivalent ecology course
- Junior or Senior standing
BIOL 314NRES 217
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
BIOL 314 or NRES 217 or an equivalent ecology course; Junior or Senior standing.
Units
Lecture2
Laboratory Studio1
Catalog Details
Offering
Every Fall
Terms
fall
Restrictions
Junior or Senior standing
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- develop an understanding of the fundamentals of fire ecology, such as fire’s ecological role, fire regime concepts, fire adaptations, and fire fundamentals including both physical and biological processes.
- develop an understanding of fire effects on air, water, soils, plants, and wildlife.
- apply academic knowledge of fire ecology to applications relevant for natural resource management and planning, including forest restoration practices from stand to landscape scales.
- develop an international perspective concerning fire ecology and management issues globally.
- demonstrate improved quantitative skills, including data manipulation, analysis, graphing, and use of existing decision support systems for fire and fuel modeling.
- demonstrate improved technical writing skills.