Burning questions : America's fight with nature's fire / David Carle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carle, David, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest fires--United States--Prevention--History.

Forest fires.

Prescribed burning.

History.

United States.

Prescribed burning--United States--History.

Forest ecology--United States.

Forest ecology.

Physical Description:

x, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Summary:

Carle explores 100 years of controversy over prescribed burning--using fire as a tool--and fire suppression, using the voices of early advocates and today's proponents to examine the strategy of controlled burning.

Contents:

Introduction: America's Hundred Years War on Wildfire 1

Part I Questioning the Dogma of War 9

1. "Professional" Versus "Indian Forestry" 11

2. Burning the Southern Woods 37

3. Harolds of Change 57

4. Only You 81

5. Harry the Torch 97

Part II Who Were the Anti-War Activists of the 1960s and 1970s? 115

6. Tall Timbers 117

7. Dog-Hair Thickets in the National Parks 133

8. Burning California State Parks 155

9. National Fire Management 175

Part III To Burn or Not to Burn Is Not the Question 189

10. Yellowstone, 1988 191

11. On the Edge 209

12. Escape! 225

13. Peaceful Coexistence 247.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280).

ISBN:

0275973719

OCLC:

48588547