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| FNR 33350 - Applied Fire Ecology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Fire, either as a natural disturbance or anthropogenically mediated disturbance, has been a feature of almost every major terrestrial ecosystem in North America. In this era of climate change, land management agencies are increasingly using fire both to manage terrestrial ecosystems and to actively contain wildfire. This class will provide basic understanding to both fire behavior and its ecological impacts on terrestrial ecosystems, focusing on systems common to the Central Hardwood Region. Students will get experience conducting prescribed fire and take Firefighter Type II (FFT2) online training modules, in partial fulfillment of requirements of an Incident Qualification Card (i.e., "red card"). Students will learn how to develop a burn plan for a given property, including assessment of risks, prediction of fire behavior (i.e., BEHAVE model), and estimation of burn effects.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Forestry and Natural Resources Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the role of fire in the development of North American ecosystems. 2. Describe fire as a physical and ecological process. 3. Demonstrate the ability to utilize prescribed fire safely. 4. Develop a burn plan to complete a prescribed fire safely and effectively. 5. Evaluate the role of fire as a contemporary management tool. Prerequisites: Undergraduate level FNR 22500 Minimum Grade of C- and (Undergraduate level BIOL 28600 Minimum Grade of C- or Undergraduate level BTNY 12100 Minimum Grade of C-) |
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