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Big game and other wildlife constitute important resources of forest and related range land. 

 Management methods that will insure adequate food and habitat for wildlife in harmony 

 with other uses of such lands must be developed. 



total number of fires. Yet we lack the knowledge that will enable the 

 fire control specialist to identify the potential runaway fire early in its 

 life. Since the heaviest losses occur from unpredictable and erratic 

 fire behavior, scientists must look deeply into the fundamentals of the 

 combustion process, as influenced by an ever-changing environment, 

 for an understanding of runaway fires, their prevention and control. 

 Moreover, Federal, State, and local fire control agencies have many 

 development-type problems in preventing and suppressing fires. These 

 deal with improving aerial fire attack, more effective planning for use 

 of forces and facilities, and techniques and programs for reducing 

 numbers of man-caused fires. 



The forest fire research proposed will : 



1. Speed basic research on the chemical and physical processes of 

 ignition and combustion, and development of techniques for pre- 



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