THE AUTHORS 



DONALD K, ARTLEY received a B.S. degree from Iowa State University in 

 1967, and an M.S. degree in Forest Fire Science from the University of 

 Montana in 1977. He is presently employed as a forester with the Fire 

 Management Bureau of the Montana Division of Forestry. This publica- 

 tion is based on his M.S. thesis. 



RAYMOND C. SHEARER received a B.S. degree in Timber Management in 

 1957 and an M.S. degree in Silviculture in 1959, both from Utah State 

 University. Currently he is completing requirements for the Ph. D. in 

 Forest Ecology at the University of Montana. Since 1957, he has been 

 a Research Silviculturist, assigned to the Station's Silviculture of 

 Northern Rocky Mountain Larch, Lodgepole Pine, and Spruce Ecosystems 

 research work unit at the Forestry Sciences Laboratory in Missoula, 

 Montana. His primary assignment has been the study of natural and 

 artificial regeneration of western larch and associated species. 



ROBERT W. STEELE received a B.S. degree in forestry from Colorado 



State University in 1942, an M. F. degree from the University of Michigan 

 in 1949, and the Ph.D. in Forest Fire Science from Colorado State 

 University in 1975. He is currently professor of Forest Fire Science at 

 ,the School of Forestry, University of Montana. 



