Shirley Zylstra is the project leader for the national interagency Lot Acceptance and Quality Assurance (LAQA) Program for the Wildland Fire Chemical Systems Program at the Missoula Technology and Development Center. She also is responsible for interagency environmental reporting for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's toxic release inventory of airtanker bases nationwide. After receiving her bachelor's degree at Oregon State University, Shirley served as a Peace Corps volunteer for 2 years in Togo, West Africa. She began working in the fire chemicals program in 1992. As a lab technician, she was extensively involved in developing field effectiveness tests for firefighting foams and in general laboratory testing of fire chemicals for qualification and approval. She left the program in 1997 to pursue a master's degree in environmental toxicology at Colorado State University. She returned to the program in 2000 after finishing her degree.

For additional information about assessing refractometers, contact Shirley Zylstra at MTDC.

Phone: 406–329–4859
Fax: 406–329–3719
E-mail: szylstra@fs.fed.us

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