Blazing Heritage : a History of Wildland Fire in the National Parks / Hal K. Rothman
2007, First Edition. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. National parks played a unique role in the development of wildfire management on American public lands. With a different mission and powerful meaning to the public, the national parks were a psychic battleground for the contests between fire suppression and its use as a management tool. Blazing Heritage tells how the national parks shaped federal fire management; 281 pages; Description: viii, 281 p. , [8] p. Of plates : ill. (chiefly col. ) ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-262) and index. Subjects: Wildfires --United States --History. Forest fires --United States --History. National parks and reserves --United States --History. Fire management --United States --History. Item #155467
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