Tending Fire Coping with America's Wildland Fires |
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| Author:
| Pyne, Stephen |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55963-565-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2004 |
| Publisher: | Island Press
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| Imprint: | Shearwater Books |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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Provides a remarkably broad, sometimes startling context for understanding fire. Traces the ancient alliance between fire and humanity, delves into the role of European expansion and the creation of fire-prone public lands, and then explores the effects wrought by changing policies of letting burn and suppression.
Provides a remarkably broad, sometimes startling context for understanding fire. Traces the ancient alliance between fire and humanity, delves into the role of European expansion and the creation of fire-prone public lands, and then explores the effects wrought by changing policies of letting burn and suppression.