Wildfires in America : A Reference Handbook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vaughn, Jacqueline, author.

Series:

Contemporary World Issues.

Contemporary World Issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest fires--Environmental aspects.

Forest fires.

Wildfires--Economic aspects.

Wildfires.

Wildfires--United States.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Explore the many dimensions of wildfires in the United States, including fire and forest management policies, wildlife conservation considerations, economic implications, and impacts of climate change on forest health.

Contents:

PREFACE 1. BACKGROUND AND HISTORY Introduction: The "Ancient Alliance" between Fire and Humanity Indigenous Peoples' Beliefs and Use of Fire The Light Burning Debate Types of Wildfires Wildfires by the Numbers Fire Weather and Drought Human-Caused Wildfires Natural Causes of Wildfires Approaches to Wildfire Management Wildfire Agencies and Organizations Further Reading 2. PROBLEMS, CONTROVERSIES, AND SOLUTIONS Introduction The Impacts of Wildfires Potentially Compensable Losses: Who Pays? The Cost of Fighting a Fire Accounting for Impacts Wildfire Politics and Policy Wildfire Mitigation What Else Does the Future Hold? Further Reading 3. PERSPECTIVES Building Resiliency with a Community Wildfire Protection Plan, Cathy Barta The Interface between Wildland Fire Science and Decision Making, Tim Brown Ocean on Fire: How Wildfires Both Nourish and Threaten Marine Life, Julie Dinasquet and Douglas S. Hamilton Expectations and Reality: Wildfire in the Wildland Urban Interface, Dirch Foreman Hot Mess, Jeff Shelton 4. PROFILES Stephen F. Arno (1943-2022) Robert Douglas Barbee (1935-2016) Harold Hubert Biswell (1905-1992) Coert DuBois (1881-1960) Harry Thomas Gisborne (1893-1949) William Buckhout Greeley (1879-1955) Weldon Heyburn (1852-1912) Susan J. Husari (1953- ) Abigail R. Kimbell (1953- ) Edwin Vaclaw Komarek, Jr. (1909-1995) The Nature Conservancy Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) Edward Crockett Pulaski (1866-1931) Stephen J. Pyne (1949- ) Jan Willem van Wagtendonk (1940-2022) Further Reading 5. DATA AND DOCUMENTS Data Table 5.1: Top Ten Costliest US Wildfires, by Dollar Loss 2024 Value (1993-2024) Table 5.2: Top Ten Deadliest US Wildfires, by Human Lives Lost (1871-2024) Table 5.3: Top Ten Largest US Wildfires, by Acres Burned (1898-2024) Table 5.4: Total US Wildland Fires and Acres Burned (1984-2024) Documents "The Relation of Forests and Forest Fires," Gifford Pinchot (1899) Weeks Act (1911) Fire Suppression, Roy Headley (1916) The Uncontrollable Fire, Roy Headley (1919) "Wildlife Management in the National Parks," The Leopold Report (1963) Fergus County, Montana, Community Wildfire Protection Plan (2024) Executive Order N-1-25, California Governor Gavin Newsom (2025) Hawai'i Supreme Court Order: Maui Fire Cases (2025) 6. RESOURCES Books Articles Government Documents and Other Monographs Electronic Media Other Sources 7. CHRONOLOGY GLOSSARY INDEX

ISBN:

9798765131404

9798765131381

9798765131398

OCLC:

1559218901