THE AUTHORS 



CHARLES W. PHILPOT received his bachelor's and master's 

 degrees in forestry fronn the University of California in 

 1961 and 1962, respectively. From 1960 to 1966 he studied 

 fuel moisture and related variables as part of the Pacific 

 Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station's research 

 on the factors that influence forest fire behavior. In 1966 

 he transferred to the Northern Forest Fire Laboratory, 

 Missoula, Montana, where he is responsible for fuel 

 chemistry research. 



ROBERT W. MUTCH received his bachelor's degree in biology 

 from Albion College in 1956 and his master's degree in 

 forestry from the University of Montana in 1959. He was 

 superintendent of the Priest River Experimental Forest in 

 northern Idaho from 1958 to 1960. Since 1960 he has been 

 engaged in wildland fuels research at the Northern Forest 

 Fire Laboratory. 



