The Wildland Fire Ecology program is a high school curriculum-based program that allows students to observe and measure affects of wildfire in the chaparral community of the Santa Monica Mountains.
The program requires teachers to attend a training workshop. Afterwards their classes are provided equipment and training needed to conduct air, land, and water experiments at various park sites. These areas range from sites not burned in more than 50 years to sites recently burned.
Students will learn process skills used by resource management personnel. Creativity and problem solving abilities will be emphasized. They will also discover the importance of fire and its impact on natural
resources and their lives.
Two in-field visits are scheduled per class throughout the school year. Each lasts approximately 2.5 hours.