FOR 320Wildland Fire Management

3 credits · Forestry · Penn State

This course will provide the fundamentals of wildland fire behavior and effects as they relate to natural resource management. The role of fuels, weather, and topography on fire behavior will be covered in depth, and fire behavior and effects models will be used. The ecological role of fire will be examined through the concept of fire regimes and fire adaptations, and students will be introduced to prescribed burning as a land management tool.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

You need:

FOR 203 or FORT 150

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 3 · Spring (1 program).

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Forest Ecosystems, Minor