Author: Seymour Simon
Publisher: HarperCollins
Keywords: wildfires
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2000-05-31
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 0688175309
ISBN-13: 9780688175306

WildfiresA raging wildfire can be a major disaster, costing lives and destroying homes. But fires in nature can help as well as harm, clearing forests of dead trees and allowing young plants to grow. Breathtaking photos highlight this surprising look at fire’s part in maintaining the balance of nature.

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Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: fight, people, wildfires, eyes, fire
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 1999-03-31
List price: $11.00
ISBN-10: 0152010424
ISBN-13: 9780152010423

What drives some people to stand in the path of a wall of flame? Who are these brave, foolhardy, visionary firefighters? This intimate look at the elite groups that fight wildfires explores the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of these courageous few as they battle wilderness blazes from Alaska to Maine. From the grueling training of a smokejumper class in Montana, through harrowing fights with some up-close-and-personal wildfires, to a group of inspired conservationists who use fire as a tool for preservation, Karen Magnuson Beil takes readers where only a few have ventured--into the heart of

Author: Jeremy V. Linton
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Keywords: consequences, issues, wildfires
Number of Pages: 127
Published: 2004-06-30
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 1590339932
ISBN-13: 9781590339930

The 2000 and 2002 fire seasons were, by most standards, among the worst in the past. Many argue that the threat of severe wildfires has grown, because of unnaturally high fuel loads (e.g., dense undergrowth undergrown and dead trees), raising concerns about damage to property and homes in the ’wildland-urban interface’ (WUI) -- homes in or near forests. Debates about fire control and protection, including funding and fuel treatment (e.g., thinning and prescribed burning), have focused on national forests and other federal lands, but nonfederal lands are also at risk. This new book

Authors:Thomas P. Holmes,  Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Kare
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: species, forestry, sciences, invasive, storms, forest, disturbances, wildfires, economics
Number of Pages: 422
Published: 2008-06-27
List price: $229.00
ISBN-10: 1402043694
ISBN-13: 9781402043697

This book provides a unique, state-of-the-art review of both traditional and emerging themes in the economics of natural forest disturbances. Although natural disturbances such as wildfire, hurricanes and pests have long been recognized as important factors influencing the structure and health of forests, recent and dramatic increases in the costs and damages associated with forest disturbances necessitates a new evaluation of these processes. The authors show that neo-classical economic principles can be integrated with ecosystem analysis and modern econometric methods to uncover the causes a