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Tags: Law, Environmental & Natural Resources Law,

Book Description:
Wildfires are an awe-inspiring natural phenomenon thathave shaped North America’s landscapes since the dawnof time. They are a force that we cannot really control,and thus understanding, appreciating, and learning tolive with wildfire is ultimately our wisest public policy.With more than 150 dramatic photographs, Wildfire: ACentury of Failed Forest Policy covers the topic of wildfirefrom ecological, economic, and social/political perspectiveswhile also documenting how past forest policieshave hindered natural processes, creating a tinderbox ofproblems that we are faced with today.More than 25 leading thinkers in the field of fire ecologyprovide in-depth analyses, critiques, and compellingsolutions for how we live with fire in our society. Usingexamples such as the epic Yellowstone fires of 1988, theever-present southern California fires, and theNorthwest’s Biscuit Fire of 2002, the book examines theecology of these landscapes and the policies and practicesthat affected them and continue to affect them, suchas fire suppression, prescribed burns, salvage logging,and land-use planning. Overall, the book aims to promotethe restoration of fire to the landscape and toencourage its natural behavior so it can resume its role asa major ecological process.