The first documentary history of wildfire management in the United States, Burn Scars probes the long efforts to suppress fire, beginning with the Spanish invasion of California in the eighteenth century through the US Forest Service's relentless nationwide campaign in the twentieth century. In recent years, suppression has come under increasing scrutiny as a contributing factor to our current era of megafires.
| ISBN: | 9781962645201 |
| Publication date: | 17th September 2024 |
| Author: | Char Miller |
| Publisher: | Oregon State University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 234 pages |
| Genres: |
Conservation of the environment Climate change Natural disasters |
The first documentary history of wildfire management in the United States, Burn Scars probes the long efforts to suppress fire, beginning with the Spanish invasion of California in the eighteenth century through the US Forest Service's relentless nationwide campaign in the twentieth century. In recent years, suppression has come under increasing scrutiny as a contributing factor to our current era of megafires.
Burn Scars features in the following genres: Conservation of the environment, Climate change, Natural disasters
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Burn Scars was written by Char Miller and published by Oregon State University Press
Burn Scars has 234 pages