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    V.L. (Verne Lester) Harper

    R&D Centennial
    Front cover of V.L. (Verne Lester) Harper Collector card
    • Deputy Chief
    • 1951-1966
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    E. (Edward) I. Kotok

    R&D Centennial
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    • Deputy Chief
    • 1944-1951
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    C.L. Forsling

    R&D Centennial
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    • Deputy Chief
    • 1937-1944
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    Raymond E. Marsh

    R&D Centennial
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    • Deputy Chief
    • 1935-1937
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    Earle H. Clapp

    R&D Centennial
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    • Deputy Chief
    • 1915-1935
  • The question you will answer in this FACTivity is: How do mangrove forests compare with salt marshes? Materials: A blank…
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    FACTivity – My Sediments Exactly

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    David Weise, Forester

    FireForests & Plants
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    • Ph.D., University of  California – Berkeley
    • USDA Forest Service Scientist
    • A forester studies how forests and woodlands grow, function, and are managed to provide things that people want and need from forests.  Specifically, I study prescribed fire and how it can be used as a tool to manage our forests and wildlands.
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    Louise Loudermilk, Fire Ecologist

    FireForests & Plants
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    • Ph.D., University of Florida
    • USDA Forest Service Scientist
    • A fire ecologist explores the interactions between wildland fire and plant communities.  I study how fires burn and how forests grow and reassemble after fire.
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    W. Matt Jolly, Research Fire Ecologist

    FireForests & Plants
    Front cover of Dr. W. Matt Jolly Collector Card
    • Ph.D., University of Montana
    • USDA Forest Service Scientist
    • As a research fire ecologist, I study how vegetation, weather, and terrain interact to influence wildland fires.
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    Morris C. Johnson, Research Fire Ecologist

    FireForests & Plants
    Front cover of Dr. Morris C. Johnson Collector Card
    • Ph.D., University of Washington
    • USDA Forest Service Scientist
    • Ecology is the study of interactions between organisms and their environment.  A fire ecologist studies fire as a disturbance process in the environment.