Yellowstone Ablaze, a Special Report
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Page : 29 pages
File Size : 23,76 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Forest fires
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Page : 29 pages
File Size : 23,76 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Forest fires
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Author : Micah Morrison
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Page : 278 pages
File Size : 50,81 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Law
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Discusses the debate over the controversial political and environmental issues surrounding the 1988 series of fires in Yellowstone National Park.
Author : Jeff Henry
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 48,83 MB
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1589799046
The Yellowstone fires of 1988 consumed nearly 800,000 acres—36 percent of the park. In the years following, spectacular wildflowers rose from the ashes and trees rapidly reclaimed the landscape. In this twenty-five-year look back at the fires, author and photographer Jeff Henry recalls not only the summer of 1988, when he witnessed and photographed nearly every aspect of the fires, but also the years since as nature healed the charred landscape. A beautiful book that depicts nature as simultaneously malevolent and beneficent, The Year Yellowstone Burned demonstrates the resilience of one of our continent’s most dynamic ecosystems.
Author : Rocky Barker
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,65 MB
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1597266256
In 1988, forest fires raged in Yellowstone National Park, destroying more than a million acres. As the nation watched the land around Old Faithful burn, a longstanding conflict over fire management reached a fever pitch. Should the U.S. Park and Forest Services suppress fires immediately or allow some to run their natural course? When should firefighters be sent to battle the flames and at what cost? In Scorched Earth, Barker, an environmental reporter who was on the ground and in the smoke during the 1988 fires, shows us that many of today's arguments over fire and the nature of public land began to take shape soon after the Civil War. As Barker explains, how the government responded to early fires in Yellowstone and to private investors in the region led ultimately to the protection of 600 million acres of public lands in the United States. Barker uses his considerable narrative talents to bring to life a fascinating, but often neglected, piece of American history. Scorched Earth lays a new foundation for examining current fire and environmental policies in America and the world. Our story begins when the West was yet to be won, with a colorful cast of characters: a civil war general and his soldiers, America's first investment banker, railroad men, naturalists, and fire-fighters-all of whom left their mark on Yellowstone. As the truth behind the creation of America's first national park is revealed, we discover the remarkable role the U.S. Army played in protecting Yellowstone and shaping public lands in the West. And we see the developing efforts of conservation's great figures as they struggled to preserve our heritage. With vivid descriptions of the famous fires that have raged in Yellowstone, the heroes who have tried to protect it, and the strategies that evolved as a result, Barker draws us into the very heart of a debate over our attempts to control nature and people. This entertaining and timely book challenges the traditional views both of those who arrogantly seek full control of nature and those who naively believe we can leave it unaltered. And it demonstrates how much of our broader environmental history was shaped in the lands of Yellowstone.
Author : Mary Ann Franke
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Page : 132 pages
File Size : 12,74 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Fire ecology
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Page : 582 pages
File Size : 22,69 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Military research
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Author : Donald B. Headley
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Page : 52 pages
File Size : 17,84 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Forest fire fighters
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Author : Ted Williams
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Page : 48 pages
File Size : 16,82 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Fire ecology
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Author : Robert Ekey
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Page : 36 pages
File Size : 28,12 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Fire ecology
ISBN : 9780395781012
Discusses the fire that ravaged nearly one million acres of Yellowstone National Park during several months in 1988, and explains the two sides to the controversy over letting nature take its course.
Author : Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee
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Page : 250 pages
File Size : 48,50 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Fire ecology
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