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Dr. Sandra Rideout-Hanzak


Assistant Professor, Fire ecology
Ph.D., Stephen F. Austin State University, 2001
Office: Goddard 202D
  Phone: (806) 742-2843


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 Dr. Rideout-Hanzak

   
Research interests:
Prescribed fire and wildland fire ecology are my main research interests.  More specifically, I am interested in the effects of fire intensity, season and frequency on fuels, vegetation and wildlife.  Former work has focused on the restoration of fire to fire-adapted ecosystems, the use of fire as a management tool in southern forests and human dimensions of wildland fire.


Courses taught: RWFM 2301. Other courses to be determined…


Service: I am a founding member and former National Board Member for the Association for Fire Ecology.


Recent publications    

          
Rideout-Hanzak, S., T. Waldrop, L. Brudnak.  2005.  Development of a photo guide for fuels in the southern Appalachian Mountains of northeast Georgia and western South Carolina.  In K. Connor, (ed).  Proceedings, Thirteenth Southern Silvicultural Research Conference, Memphis, TN. Gen. Tech. Rep. Asheville, NC: USDA, Forest Service, Southern Research Station.


Waldrop, T.A., D.W. Glass, S. Rideout, V.B. Shelburne, H.H. Mohr and R.J. Phillips.  2004. An evaluation of fuel reduction treatments across a landscape gradient in Piedmont forests:  Preliminary results of the national Fire and Fire Surrogate Study.  In K. Connor, (ed).  Proceedings, Twelfth Southern Silvicultural Research Conference, Biloxi, MS. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–71. Asheville, NC: USDA, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. Pp. 54-59. 

Rideout, S., B.P. Oswald and M.H. Legg. 2003. Ecological, political and social challenges of  prescribed fire restoration in East Texas Pineywoods Ecosystems:  a case study. Forestry 76(2):261-269.

Rideout, S., J.K. Rickard and D.D. Wade.  2003.  Herbaceous plant response to biennial burning cycles applied at different dates during the growing season: preliminary results. Natural Areas Journal 23(1):38-42.

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