Tending fire : coping with America's wildland fires / Stephen J. Pyne.
Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-
2004
SD421.3 .P96 2004 (Mapit)
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Title Tending fire : coping with America's wildland fires / Stephen J. Pyne.
Author Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-
ISBN 1559635657 (alk. paper)
Imprint Washington, DC : Island Press, c2004.
Language English
Description xvii, 238 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number SD421.3 .P96 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.37/9
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-224) and index.
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Prologue. Seeing meaning in the flames
1. Why fire?
Fire's narrative
An imperial narrative
America's narrative
Rhythms and reasons
2. Torch and shovel : the means of fire management
Option 1. Let burn
Option 2. Suppress
Option 3. Prescribe burn
Option 4. Change combustibility
The elements compounded
3. Sparks and embers : ideas in the wind
The big fire
Firestop II and Firestart I
Fire in the mind
Fire as community
4. Flash points : fire scenarios for the future
The fires this time and next
The not-quite vestal fire on the no-long virgin land
The big burn
Epilogue. Imaging fire
Appendix. Fire's American century : by the numbers.

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