A The Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory: 50-Year Dedication to Understanding Wildlands and Fire

by Diane M Smith and Diane M. Smith

In 1960, the USDA Forest Service established the Northern Forest Fire Laboratory (now the Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory) to find scientific solutions for better managing the nation's wildland resources and to research ways to improve forest fire prevention and suppression. This new state-of-the-art research facility did not emerge from a vacuum, however. This report explores the tradition of research within the Forest Service and how these early...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1507628358
• ISBN13: 9781507628355
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"