The Author 



JAMES K. BROWN received his bachelor's degree from the 

 University of Minnesota in 1960, his master's from Yale 

 University in 1961, and his Ph. D. from the University of 

 Michigan in 1968, all in forestry. From 1961 to 1965 he 

 did research on field measurement of fuel properties and 

 fire-danger rating systems while with the Lake States 

 Forest Experiment Station. In 1965 he transferred to 

 the Northern Forest Fire Laboratory, Missoula, Mon- 

 tana, where he is responsible for research on the phys- 

 ical properties of fuel. 



The author wishes to express his appreciation to David 

 L. Bunnell and Gerhard C. Lenz, who were technicians 

 assigned to this study; they are no longer with the Sta- 

 tion. Both men played meaningful roles in the field- 

 work and the analysis. 



