THE AUTHOR 



MERRILL K. RIDD is acting project 

 leader in charge of multiple use re- 

 search at the Intermountain Forest 

 and Range Experiment Station. He 

 obtained his bachelor's and master's 

 degrees in geography at the Univer- 

 sity of Utah, with minors in geology 

 and ecology. He holds a Ph.D. degree 

 in geography from Northwestern 

 University. 



