Title: (Optional) Develop forest wildfire prevention techniques.
Course: Ecology and Environmental Management (03063-II) > Section: Managing Forests and Forestland

Development should include

- eliminating consumable fuel sources with uses of prescribed burning, land management, and use of thinning cuts
- understanding the National Fire Danger Rating System and educational campaigns like Smokey Bear and Keep America Green.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How are educational campaigns both a tool to help and to hurt wildfire prevention?
- Why would prescribed burns and thinning cuts in forests be a tool to prevent wildfires?
- What are the levels of the Fire Danger Rating System?