THE AUTHOR 



RICHARD 0. MEEUWIG is a research forester and leader of the Inter- 

 mountain Station's pinyon- juniper ecology and management 

 research work unit at the Renewable Resources Center, Univer- 

 sity of Nevada Reno. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in forestry 

 from the University of California Berkeley and a Ph.D. degree 

 in soil physics from Utah State University. 



