THE AUTHOR 



ROBERT E. BURGAN received his bachelor's degree ia forest engineering 

 in 1963 and his master's degree in forest fire control in 1966 from the 

 University of Montana. From 1963 to 1969 he served on the timber 

 management staff of the Union and Bear-Sleds Districts, Wallowa- 

 Whitman National Forest. From 1969 to 1975 he was a research for- 

 ester on the staff of the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Honolulu, 

 Hawaii. He transferred to the National Fire-Danger Rating research 

 work unit at the Northern Forest Fire Laboratory, Missoula, Montana, 

 in 1975. 



