ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The authors thank Mr. William Fischer of the Northern Forest Fire 

 Laboratory and Dr. Fred Shafizadeh, Director and Professor of the Wood 

 Chemistry Laboratory, for their advice and technical and financial support 

 throughout this study. They also thank the many scientists, faculty, and 

 technicians at the Northern Forest Fire Laboratory and the University of 

 Montana who provided facilities and expertise. 



Special thanks are extended to Missoula County for use of greenhouse 

 facilities and Montana Fish and Game Department for the field study site 

 on the Blackfoot-Clearwater Game Range. 



This report was prepared as a cooperative project of the Intermountain 

 Forest and Range Experiment Station and the Wood Chemistry Laboratory, 

 University of Montana, Missoula. 



