The Interior West - A Fire Survey (Paperback)

Its fires help give to the Interior West a peculiar character, fundamental both to its natural and human histories. While a general aridity unites the region, defined here as the states of Nevada, Utah, and western Colorado, its fires illuminate the ways its various parts show profoundly different landscapes, biotas, and human settlement experiences. In this book, fire historian Stephen J. Pyne explains the relevance of the region to the national fire scene. The Interior West offered the first scientific inquiry into landscape fire in the United States, including a map of Utah burns published in 1878 as part of John Wesley Powell's arid lands report. Then its significance faded and by the 20th century, the region had become the hole in the national donut of fire management. Pyne discusses the region's more recent return to prominence due to fires along its front ranges; to invasive species, both exotics like cheatgrass and unleashed natives like mountain pine beetle; and to its fatality fires, notably at South Canyon in 1994. The Interior West shows the variety of fire issues in the region and their significance to the country overall through thoughtful framing and lively essays.

General

Imprint:	University of Arizona Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	To the Last Smoke
Release date:	March 2018
Authors:	Stephen J. Pyne
Dimensions:	216 x 140mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-8165-3770-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8165-3770-4
Barcode:	9780816537709

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