From the text: This symposium on 'Fire in the Northern Environment' has been an exciting exchange of ideas. Your chairman has asked that I present a 'summation' and some 'concluding remarks.' The following summation indicates clearly the need for more research of the proper kind for the intelligent ecological management of fire. The symposium and the preparation of the summation has so stimulated me that for my concluding remarks I will discuss the formation of a cooperative ecological experiment station for Alaska. The objective of such a station should be to find out ways and means for man to work with nature, not to conquer or subdue her. The purpose of such an endeavor should be to bridge the gap between science and management. It is my earnest hope that the summation and the concluding remarks will spur you and other interested persons toward longtime ecological experimentation and study, not only on fire but also on those phases of ecology that are so badly needed for man to live in a harmonious relationship with the unique Alaska environment.