Welcome to Introduction to Wildland Fire RNR 355 Fall 2010

Course Syllabus Lecture Schedule Class Projects Course Related Websites Fire and Restoration Ecology Website

This website will be a guide to lecture schedules, readings, and critical thinking exercises. FINAL will be held on MONDAY 12/10/2012, 10:30AM till 12:30PM Update 10/10/2012: US Gov’t runs out of firefighting dollars Update 08/25/2012: NPR Special Series: Smokey Bear Did it Update 08/23/2012: NPR Special Series main page: Megafires – the New Normal in the Southwest Update 08/23/2012: Welcome back to school! This website will be updated weekly with new lectures and readings. Students who wish to drop/add the course: Add forms will be signed based on 1^st come sign-ins for attendance starting 8/22. Follow links along left side of page to read Syllabus and Lecture Schedule. Readings are password protected Update: Largest Fire Season in a Decade (and still growing!)

Instructor: Dr. Donald A. Falk Mon 430-500 PM Wed 1230-100 PM Fri 330-400 PM Bioscience East 207 Teaching Assistant: Tyson Swetnam Office hours by appointment Biosciences East 203D

AZStarNet: Western states’ fire season piles anxiety upon misery CNN Wildfire coverage: Study warns of continued rise in wildfires in western U.S., elsewhere Reuters: Wildfires New Mexico new #1 fire Whitewater Baldy Complex Colorado Waldo Canyon fire