LEADER 03597nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910964340003321 005 20111111101656.0 010 $a9781457116803 010 $a1457116804 010 $a9781607320890 010 $a1607320894 035 $a(CKB)2550000000056882 035 $a(EBL)832078 035 $a(OCoLC)769927227 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000536691 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11307949 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536691 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10552421 035 $a(PQKB)11557678 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3039750 035 $a(OCoLC)757916926 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse4116 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC832078 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3039750 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10502121 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL913693 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL832078 035 $a(Perlego)2031279 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000056882 100 $a20120221d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFire management in the American West $eforest politics and the rise of megafires /$fMark Hudson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBoulder, Colo. $cUniversity Press of Colorado$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (229 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781607320883 311 08$a1607320886 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aMost 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 a 606 $aWildfires$zWest (U.S.)$xPrevention and control$xHistory 606 $aWildfires$zWest (U.S.)$xPrevention and control$xHistory$vSources 606 $aForests and forestry$xFire management$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory 606 $aForests and forestry$xFire management$xPolitical aspects$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory 606 $aForest products industry$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory 606 $aForest products industry$xEnvironmental aspects$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory 607 $aWest (U.S.)$xEnvironmental conditions 615 0$aWildfires$xPrevention and control$xHistory. 615 0$aWildfires$xPrevention and control$xHistory 615 0$aForests and forestry$xFire management$xHistory. 615 0$aForests and forestry$xFire management$xPolitical aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aForest products industry$xHistory. 615 0$aForest products industry$xEnvironmental aspects$xHistory. 676 $a363.37/9 700 $aHudson$b Mark$f1971 June 27-$01813067 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910964340003321 996 $aFire management in the American West$94365824 997 $aUNINA