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Wildland Fire Ecology

Coverage of fire histories and ecology of major forest, rangeland and wetland ecosystems. Includes fire interactions with physical and biotic components of ecosystems, role of fire in ecological processes, and utilization in natural resource management. 

Wildland Fire Science and Management

Principles and applications of fire as a natural resource management tool; the role of fire in conservation management, restoration, and preservation of ecosystems. Covers basic techniques and current research used to describe fire behavior and spread, fuels and fuel manipulation, and fire effects on the biota. Focus will be on fire as a natural process in ecosystem dynamics.

Topics in Wildland Fire

An interdisciplinary survey of concepts relating to fire science, ecology, management, and policy. Includes case studies of several representative ecosystems, ranging from west- and eastside forests of the Pacific Northwest to shrub steppe ecosystems of the Intermountain West and chaparral ecosystems of southern California.

Grassland Fire Ecology

The course is designed to describe the ecological effects of fire on grassland ecosystem components, from soil and vegetation to wildlife and cattle. It also provides insight into the history of fires, the people who use them and why, the parts of a fire, how fires behave in relation to fuel and weather, and the procedures for safely conducting prescribed burns. Cross-Listed: WL 421-521. Notes: Online sections of this course are provided online through the Agriculture Interactive Distance Education Alliance (AgIDEA).

Fire Ecology and Management

Integrated fire-related ecological effects of fire on vegetation, soils, and air quality; natural and changing role of fire in forests, woodlands, shrublands and rangelands; influence of global change including climate and invasive species; fire as a management tool; application to current issues.

Managing for Ecosystem Sustainability

This course introduces to current and future managers the fundamentals of natural resource response that contribute to successful land management. How to read and understand the land is a key element in this course. Also included are the impacts of ecological process on operation products and the use of mechanism-based understanding to produce reliable management responses. Important elements of using biological tools, fire, mechanical intervention and chemicals to manage land are included.

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The creation of this Rangeland Science Course Catalog was made possible by USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant No. 2010-38411-21370 "Repositioning Rangeland Education for a Changing World."

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