- Fire and Ecology Units: 3

Catalog description

FT 212 , Fire and Ecology, explores the ecological role of fire in wildland and wildland-urban interface (WUI) environments, focusing on fire-adapted ecosystems in the western United States. The course covers fire regimes, vegetation response, fuels, prescribed fire, fires effects, climate interactions, and the integration of fire into land resource management. Emphasis is placed on applying ecological principles to wildland fire operations and mitigation.