THE AUTHORS 



MICHAEL G. HARRINGTON is currently a research forester with the Rocky 

 Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Tempe, Arizona. The 

 research reported in this paper was conducted while he was employed at 

 the Intermountain Station's Northern Forest Fire Laboratory, Missoula, 

 Montana. Mr. Harrington received his B.S. in forestry (1970) and his 

 M.A. in botany (1977) from the University of Montana, Missoula. 



RICK G. KELSEY is currently a senior research associate with the Wood 

 Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Montana. 

 He received his B.S. (1970) and Ph.D. (1974) in forestry from the Uni- 

 versity of Montana. < 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The research reported in this paper was a cooperative project of the 

 Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station and the Wood Chemistry 

 Laboratory, University of Montana, Missoula. 



The authors acknowledge the assistance and support of scientists and 

 staff of the Northern Forest Fire Laboratory and Forestry Sciences Labor- 

 atory in Missoula, and the Institute of Northern Fore sty in Fairbanks: William 

 Fischer, Martin Vick, Alan Harvey, Raymond Shearer, Roger Hungerford, 

 and Rodney Norum. We would also like to express our appreciation to the 

 Montana Department of Fish and Game for permitting this research to be con- 

 ducted on land under their administration. 



