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Flames in Our Forest:

Disaster Or Renewal?
  • ISBN-13: 9781559638838
  • Publisher: ISLAND PRESS
    Imprint: ISLAND PRESS
  • By Stephen F. Arno, By Stephen Allison-Bunnell
  • Price: AUD $74.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/06/2002
  • Format: Paperback 248 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Earth sciences [RB]
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Shaped by fire for thousands of years, the forests of the western United States are as adapted to periodic fires as they are to the region's soils and climate. Our widespread practice of ignoring the vital role of fire is costly in both ecological and economic terms, with consequences including the decline of important fire-dependent tree and undergrowth species, increasing density and stagnation of forests, epidemics of insects and diseases, and the high potential for severe wildfires.


Flames in Our Forest explains those problems and presents viable solutions to them. It explores the underlying historical and ecological reasons for the problems associated with our attempts to exclude fire and examines how some of the benefits of natural fire can be restored Chapters consider:



  • the history of American perceptions and uses of fire in the forest

  • how forest fires burn

  • effects of fire on the soil, water, and air

  • methods for uncovering the history and effects of past fires

  • prescribed fire and fuel treatments for different zones in the landscape


Flames in Our Forest presents a new picture of the role of fire in maintaining forests, describes the options available for restoring the historical effects of fires, and considers the implications of not doing so. It will help readers appreciate the importance of fire in forests and gives a nontechnical overview of the scientific knowledge and tools available for sustaining western forests by mimicking and restoring the effects of natural fire regimes.


Preface
Acknowledgments
 
Chapter 1. Introduction: Why Learn about Fire? 
Chapter 2. Mixed Signals: A Brief History of American Perceptions of Fire
Chapter 3. Fire on the Landscape: Past, Present, and Future
Chapter 4. Fire Behavior: Why and How Fire Burns 37
Chapter 5. Nature's Creative Force: How Fire Shapes the Forest
Chapter 6. Different Forests, Different Fires
Chapter 7. Environmental Impacts: Fire's Influence on Soils, Water, and Air
Chapter 8. Fire History: Discovering Effects of Past Fires in a Forest
Chapter 9. Fire-Prone Forests: Can We Adapt to Them?
Chapter 10. Restoring Nature's Creative Force
Chapter 11. Managing Wildland Fuels around Homes
Chapter 12. Lessons from Nature: Will We Learn?
 
Appendix: Getting Help: Information and Educational Resources for Forest Landowners
References
About the Authors
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