Thank you to the Forest Service employees who gave their time and shared their expertise to help with this project.

Northern Region

Brian E. Anderson
Godot Apuzzo
Patty Bates
Jennifer Blake
Anton Brennick
Charlene Bucha-Gentry
Kevin Erickson
John J. Ericson
Nate Gassmann
Jud Hammer
Diane Hutton
Stephen "Obie" O'Brien
Tom Osen
Russell Riebe

Rocky Mountain Region

Vern Bentley
Gary Frink
Mick Hood
Mark McFall
Kent Miller
Christie Schneider
John Schneider
Jim Thinnes
Carol Tolbert

And thank you to Ted Moore and Larry Sutton for the original project proposal and for their careful review of this report.

Finally, thanks to my Missoula Technology and Development Center coworkers: Leslie Anderson, Bob Beckley, Ted J. Cote, Dennis Davis, David Fallis, Gary Hoshide, Bert Lindler, Andrew D. McLean, Tony Petrilli, Claudia Ruple, Keith Windell, and Geraldine K. Wolf.