Annual Report

Annual Report
Author: United States. National Park Service. Water Resources Division
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1998
Genre: National parks and reserves
ISBN:

Forest Fires

Forest Fires
Author: Philip Nori Omi
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2005-05-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1851094431

From killer fires to ecosystem rehabilitation, an exhaustive survey exploring the ecological, social, and economic consequences of managing fires in U.S. wildland areas. Fire management involves protecting natural resources from fire but also using controlled burning for land management purposes. Who are the stewards of land management and the researchers who devote their entire careers studying fire? How are ecosystems restored after major fires? What are the economic ramifications and what assessment tools are available? Forest Fires: A Reference Handbook explores the historical, ecological, economic, and social dimensions of wildland combustion and their impacts in North America. Explaining how legislation and public perception have been shaped by historic fires and fire seasons, particular emphasis is placed on the summer of 2000 as a way of understanding and managing future fires.