Fire management in the American West
Subtitle: forest politics and the rise of megafires
By: Mark Hudson
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781607320883; 9781607320890
Subjects: United States. Forest Service; Wildfires; Forests and forestry; Fire management; United States; Sources; Environmental conditions; Prevention and control; Forest products industry; Political aspects; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Social Dimensions of Wildfire; title: Forester-Kings? Fire Suppression and the State; title: Managing in the Wake of the Ax; title: Out of the Frying Pan : Catastrophic Fire as a "Crisis of Crisis Management"; title: The Weight of Past Weakness : Prospects for Ecological Modernization in Fire Management; title: Conclusion: The Chronic Parolee.