CARL E. FIEDLER,¹ STEPHEN F. ARNO,² CHARLES E. KEEGAN,³ KEITH A. BLATNER<sup>4

1</sup>Carl E. Fiedler, who studies the silviculture and ecology of ponderosa pine, is a research associate professor in the School of Forestry at the University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812.
²Stephen F. Arno, who studies the role of fire in wildland ecosystems, is a fire ecologist (retired) with the US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station–Fire Science Laboratory, Missoula, MT 59801.
³Charles E. Keegan, who studies harvest costs, product values, and forest industry infrastructure, is a professor in the Bureau of Business and Economic Research, School of Business Administration, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812.
⁴Keith A. Blatner, studies the economics and product potential of alternative forest management regimes; he is a professor in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164.