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The Southwest : a fire survey / Stephen J. Pyne.

By: Series: Pyne, Stephen J., To the last smoke ; v. 4.Publisher: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2016Description: x, 192 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780816532483 (paperback : alk. paper)
  • 0816532486 (paperback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SD421.32 .A6 .P96 2016
Contents:
Prologue: cycles of fire -- Sacred mountains -- The Jemez: genesis effect -- The Mogollon: after the west was won -- The Huachucas: fire's borderlands -- The Kaibab: friendly fire -- Sky islands -- Rhymes with Chiricahua -- Top-down ecology: Mount Graham -- The view from Tanque Verde -- Borders and rims -- Reinventing a fire commons -- Thinking like a burnt mountain -- Under and over the Tonto Rim -- Rising from the ashes -- Squaring the triangle -- A refusal to mourn the death, by fire, of a crew in Yarnell -- Epilogue: the Southwest between two fires.
Summary: "The Southwest is part of the multivolume series describing the nation's fire scene region by region. The volumes in To the Last Smoke also cover California, the Northern Rockies, the Great Plains, Florida, and several other critical fire regions"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab SD421.32 .A6 .P96 2016 1 Available 50583020006882
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-188) and index.

Prologue: cycles of fire -- Sacred mountains -- The Jemez: genesis effect -- The Mogollon: after the west was won -- The Huachucas: fire's borderlands -- The Kaibab: friendly fire -- Sky islands -- Rhymes with Chiricahua -- Top-down ecology: Mount Graham -- The view from Tanque Verde -- Borders and rims -- Reinventing a fire commons -- Thinking like a burnt mountain -- Under and over the Tonto Rim -- Rising from the ashes -- Squaring the triangle -- A refusal to mourn the death, by fire, of a crew in Yarnell -- Epilogue: the Southwest between two fires.

"The Southwest is part of the multivolume series describing the nation's fire scene region by region. The volumes in To the Last Smoke also cover California, the Northern Rockies, the Great Plains, Florida, and several other critical fire regions"-- Provided by publisher.

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