EastFIRE SESSION 1C THE EFFECT OF PATCH EDGE FUEL ASSIGNMENTS ON SIMULATED FIRE SPREAD IN THE CHEQUAMEGON NATIONAL FOREST, WI USA

1. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Jacob LaCroix attended The University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, WI were he got a BS degree studying Wildlife Management. He later attended Michigan Technological University, in Houghton, MI were he got an MS Degree in Ecology. His thesis was on stream ecology. He currently attends the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio, working on his PhD degree, studying Landscape Ecology. He uses the FARSITE model to isolate landscape structural elements to determine how they impact fire at the landscape level. Jacob has diverse work experience. He was a Woodland Fire Fighter. Then he worked as a Raptor Banding Biologist. He worked for the US Forest Service as a Wildlife Biologist studying the California Spotted Owl. He was a Biological Intern through the Student Conservation Association with the United States Navy in San Diego, CA. Then he worked for the US Fish and Wildlife Service, in Kodiak, Alaska.