Biography
Aaron Sparks joined
the Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences in the fall of 2012 under
the guidance of Alistair Smith. Before coming to Idaho, Aaron earned a B.A. in
Resource Management and a certificate in GIS sciences and technologies from the
University of Montana in 2010. During his time at UM Aaron worked at the Mystic
Ranger District in the Black Hills on a Forest Service engine crew. Following
his district crew experience Aaron worked at the Fire Sciences Lab in Missoula
working on projects studying fire severity mapping, whitebark pine restoration,
and wildfire smoke plume composition. Aaron's graduate research will focus on
the seasonality of gas emissions from cheatgrass and native ecosystems in the
western Great Basin.
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