Living with fire : fire ecology and policy for the twenty-first century

Living with fire : fire ecology and policy for the twenty-first century / Sara E. Jensen, Guy R. McPherson.

Fire, both inevitable and ubiquitous, plays a crucial role in North American ecosystems. But as necessary as fire is to maintaining healthy ecosystems, it threatens human lives and livelihoods in unacceptable ways. This volume explores the rich yet largely uncharted terrain at the intersection of fi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jensen, Sara E., 1978-
Other Authors: McPherson, Guy R. (Guy Randall), 1960-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.
Subjects:
Wildfires.
Fire ecology.
Fire management > Government policy > United States.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Fire Science.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Fire ecology
Wildfires
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Uncertainty and change
  • Wildland fire in the West : the big picture
  • Fanning the flames : human influences on fire regimes
  • The failed state of fire suppression
  • Logging the forests to save them
  • Tools for living with fire
  • Policy solutions.

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