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Land on fire : the new reality of wildfire in the West / Gary Ferguson.
Van Pelt Library SD421.32.W47 F47 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ferguson, Gary, 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wildfires--West (U.S.).
- Wildfires.
- Wildfires--West (U.S.)--Prevention.
- Wildfires--Prevention and control.
- West United States.
- Physical Description:
- 212 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2017.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- Living fire : not your grandparents' landscape
- Kindling : the era of suppression meets the age of drought
- Combustion : from spark to flame to firestorm
- Fighting fire : heroic effort and tragic loss
- Aftermath : nature in the wake of the burn
- Risk reduction : the art and science of prevention and treatment
- Future fire
- A final word.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-[200]) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Ferguson, Gary, 1956- Land on fire.
- ISBN:
- 9781604697001
- 1604697008
- OCLC:
- 964437966
- Publisher Number:
- 99972598205
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