03509nam 2200721Ia 450 991078187100332120230725053549.01-4571-1680-41-60732-089-4(CKB)2550000000056882(EBL)832078(OCoLC)769927227(SSID)ssj0000536691(PQKBManifestationID)11307949(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536691(PQKBWorkID)10552421(PQKB)11557678(MiAaPQ)EBC3039750(OCoLC)757916926(MdBmJHUP)muse4116(MiAaPQ)EBC832078(Au-PeEL)EBL3039750(CaPaEBR)ebr10502121(CaONFJC)MIL913693(Au-PeEL)EBL832078(EXLCZ)99255000000005688220120221d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFire management in the American West[electronic resource] forest politics and the rise of megafires /Mark Hudson1st ed.Boulder, Colo. University Press of Coloradoc20111 online resource (229 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60732-088-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 aWildfiresWest (U.S.)Prevention and controlHistoryWildfiresWest (U.S.)Prevention and controlHistorySourcesForests and forestryFire managementWest (U.S.)HistoryForests and forestryFire managementPolitical aspectsWest (U.S.)HistoryForest products industryWest (U.S.)HistoryForest products industryEnvironmental aspectsWest (U.S.)HistoryWest (U.S.)Environmental conditionsWildfiresPrevention and controlHistory.WildfiresPrevention and controlHistoryForests and forestryFire managementHistory.Forests and forestryFire managementPolitical aspectsHistory.Forest products industryHistory.Forest products industryEnvironmental aspectsHistory.363.37/9Hudson Mark1971 June 27-1492392MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781871003321Fire management in the American West3714891UNINA