LEADER 03230nam 2200649 450 001 9910807288103321 005 20231206213900.0 010 $a1-77212-015-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781772120158 035 $a(CKB)3710000000494685 035 $a(EBL)4180753 035 $a(OCoLC)940513228 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001605754 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16315004 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001605754 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14816271 035 $a(PQKB)10302290 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4827084 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11370592 035 $a(OCoLC)909085280 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/p65mpj 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4827084 035 $a(DE-B1597)662532 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781772120158 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4180753 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000494685 100 $a20170425h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Chinchaga firestorm $ewhen the moon and sun turned blue /$fCordy Tymstra 210 1$aEdmonton, Alberta :$cThe University of Alberta Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 311 $a1-77212-003-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aForeword -- Introduction : land of fire -- The lost BC fire -- Black Sunday -- Dark days in the past -- Blue moon, blue sun -- The big smoke -- The big wind -- Policy changes -- Ring of steel -- Conclusion : the big think. 330 $aIn 1950, the biggest firestorm documented in North America-one fire alone burned 3,500,000 acres of boreal forest in northern Alberta and British Columbia-created the world's largest smoke layer in the atmosphere. The smoke travelled half way around the northern hemisphere and made the moon and sun appear blue. The Chinchaga Firestorm is an historical study of the effects of fire on the ecological process. Using technical explanations and archival discoveries, the author shows the beneficial yet destructive effects of many forest fires, including the 2011 devastation of Slave Lake, Alberta. Cordy Tymstra tells the stories of communities and individuals as their lives intersected with the path of the Chinchaga River Fire-stories that demonstrate people's spirit, resourcefulness, self-sufficiency, and their persistence in the struggle against nature's immense power. The 1950 event changed the way these fires are fought in Alberta and elsewhere. The Chinchaga Firestorm will appeal to wildland fire scientists, foresters, forest ecologists and policy makers, as well as those who are interested in western Canadian history and ecology. 606 $aForest fires$zAlberta$zChinchaga River 606 $aWildfires$zAlberta$zChinchaga River 607 $aAlberta$zChinchaga River 610 $aEnvironment. 610 $aForestry. 610 $aWildfire. 615 0$aForest fires 615 0$aWildfires 676 $a634.9/6180971231 700 $aTymstra$b C$g(Cordy),$01705796 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807288103321 996 $aThe Chinchaga firestorm$94092791 997 $aUNINA