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RENR 8104

Applications of Fire in Ecosystem Restoration RENR 8104

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Course Overview

The course reviews and expands upon the fundamentals of fire science, documents the ecological role of fire in British Columbia’s terrestrial ecosystems and examines fire as a management tool for various applications, such as biodiversity, fuel management, wildlife habitat, and rehabilitation of degraded forest, range and other wildland ecosystems.

Prerequisite(s)

50% in RENR 7000 and 50% in RENR 7100
Or by department approval.

Credits

4.0

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Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Describe the theoretical elements of fire behaviour, including the interaction of fuels, weather and topography.
List and describe various technical instruments and approaches used to help predict fire behaviour and to monitor prescribed fire results.
List and describe the impacts of fire on terrestrial ecosystems.
List and describe some measures that can be used to avoid or mitigate the above-mentioned impacts.
Compare and contrast fire with other natural and human kinds of ecosystem disturbances.
Describe the potential role of prescribed fire for maintaining critical wildlife habitat for designated wildlife species in a specified geographic area.
Write a 2000- word technical paper describing the natural role of fire for a specific geographic area.
Identify laws, regulations and government policies relevant to the use of prescribed fire in British Columbia.
Know how to research, identify and recognize the multiple values at risk and potential constraints on a specific geographic area that apply to the use of prescribed fire in the area.
Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of prescribed fire as a fuel management vehicle for parks, wilderness areas, and urban interface areas.
Give a presentation on risk assessment and risk management measures or other special topics relating to current fire-related research and technology.

Effective as of Fall 2025

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