Fire Ecology and Management
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Jo Ellen Force, Co-Coordinator (204 CNR Bldg. 83844-1133; phone 208/885-7952; fores@uidaho.edu), Karen L. Launchbaugh, Co-Coordinator (205B CNR Bldg. 83844-1135; phone 208/885-6536).
The Fire Ecology and Management major is offered through interdisciplinary cooperation between the Departments of Forest Resources and Rangeland Ecology and Management.
The College of Natural Resources has provided over 30 years of leadership in fire education. We offer more courses focused on fire than any other natural resources school in the country, and deliver science to users in innovative ways. Our courses and degree programs are developed to provide students with real world skills and fundamental principles to become leaders in fire and natural resource management. Our fire research program attracts top graduate students and collaborates both with the leading fire scientists and innovative effective fire managers. Our research and outreach efforts provide useful, timely and sound science to help solve fire management issues across the state, region and nation.
We provide a range of educational opportunities for wildland fire managers and others interested in a career in wildland fire research with a focus on solving real world problems through an interdisciplinary approach. that focuses on educating current and future fire professional leaders. The BS in Fire Ecology and Management is the only such program in the US.
A fire ecology and management academic minor, graduate and undergraduate academic certificates in fire ecology and management are also available. See the Department of Forest Ecology and Biogeosciences for the requirements of these programs.