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Welcome to the Forest Service: A Guide for Volunteers

About the Author

Lisa Outka-Perkins received her master's degree in sociology with an emphasis in criminology from the University of Montana in 2001. She works for MTDC as a sociologist and project leader. Her recent DVD projects include: "Personal Safety in Remote Work Locations," "Wilderness Rangers: Keeping it Wild," "Building Mountain Bike Trails: Sustainable Singletrack," "Collecting Fees in the Field: Mitigating Dangers," "Firefighter Cohesion and Entrapment Avoidance," and "Working Along the United States-Mexico Border."

Additional single copies of the CD with the guide for volunteers and this guide for volunteer coordinators may be ordered from:
USDA Forest Service
Missoula Technology and Development Center
5785 Hwy. 10 West
Missoula, MT 59808–9361
Phone: 406–329–3978
Fax: 406–329–3719
E-mail: wo_mtdc_pubs@fs.fed.us

For additional information about training volunteers, contact Lisa Outka-Perkins at MTDC:
Phone: 406–329–3849
Fax: 406–329–3719
E-mail: loutka-perkins@fs.fed.us

Electronic copies of MTDC's documents are available on the Internet at:
http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/t-d.php

Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management employees can search a more complete collection of MTDC's documents, CDs, DVDs, and videos on their internal computer networks at:
http://fsweb.mtdc.wo.fs.fed.us/search/