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

Author: Sara E Jensen; Guy R McPherson
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2008.
Edition/Format:   eBook : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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 fire policy, fire science, and fire management in order to find better ways of addressing this pressing dilemma. Written  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Electronic books
Additional Physical Format: Print version:
Jensen, Sara E., 1978-
Living with fire.
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008
(DLC) 2007044589
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Sara E Jensen; Guy R McPherson
ISBN: 6611752722 9786611752729 0520942515 9780520942516
OCLC Number: 560505607
Description: 1 online resource (ix, 180 p.) : ill.
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.
Responsibility: Sara E. Jensen, Guy R. McPherson.

Abstract:

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  Read more...

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"A well-written polemic... The authors provide a particularly good treatment of the diversity of roles that fire plays in different ecosystems."--Qtly Review of Biology

 
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