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Author Hudson, Mark, 1971 June 27-

Title Fire management in the American West : forest politics and the rise of megafires / Mark Hudson
Published Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 214 pages)
Contents The Social Dimensions of Wildfire -- Forester-Kings? Fire Suppression and the State -- Managing in the Wake of the Ax -- Out of the Frying Pan : Catastrophic Fire as a "Crisis of Crisis Management" -- The Weight of Past Weakness : Prospects for Ecological Modernization in Fire Management -- Conclusion: The Chronic Parolee
Summary Most journalists and academics attribute the rise of wildfires in the western United States to the USDA Forest Service's successful fire-elimination policies of the twentieth century. However, in Fire Management in the American West, Mark Hudson argues that although a century of suppression did indeed increase the hazard of wildfire, the responsibility does not lie with the USFS alone. The roots are found in the Forest Service's relationships with other, more powerful elements of society--the timber industry in particular. Drawing on correspondence both between and within the Forest Service a
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject United States. Forest Service -- History
SUBJECT United States. Forest Service fast
Subject Wildfires -- West (U.S.) -- Prevention and control -- History
Wildfires -- West (U.S.) -- Prevention and control -- History -- Sources
Forests and forestry -- Fire management -- West (U.S.) -- History
Forests and forestry -- Fire management -- Political aspects -- West (U.S.) -- History
Forest products industry -- West (U.S.) -- History
Forest products industry -- Environmental aspects -- West (U.S.) -- History
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Fire Science.
NATURE -- Natural Disasters.
Ecology
Forest products industry
Forest products industry -- Environmental aspects
Forests and forestry -- Fire management
Wildfires -- Prevention and control
SUBJECT West (U.S.) -- Environmental conditions
Subject West United States
Genre/Form History
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 1607320894
9781607320890
1457116804
9781457116803