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Trees in Trouble : Wildfires, Infestations, and Climate Change.

By: Publisher: Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2020Edition: First hardcover editionDescription: 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781640091351
  • 1640091351
  • 9781640094666
  • 1640094660
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 634.90978 23
LOC classification:
  • SB763.W38 .M38 2020
Contents:
Introduction -- A loaded atmosphere -- Inferno -- Outbreak -- Cookie cutters -- The bleeding edge -- Thin and burn -- North, and up -- Ghosts -- Fading white -- Resistance -- The enduring -- Future forests -- Afterword.
Summary: A story of the devastating and compounding effects of climate change in the Western and Rocky Mountain states, told through in-depth reportage and conversations with ecologists, professional forest managers, park service scientists, burn boss, activists, and more. Climate change manifests in many ways across North America, but few as dramatic as the attacks on our western pine forests. Daniel Mathews tells the urgent story of this loss, accompanying burn crews and forest ecologists as they study the myriad risk factors and refine techniques for saving this important, limited resource. Mathews transports the reader from the exquisitely aromatic haze of Ponderosa and Jeffrey pine groves to the fantastic gnarls and whorls of five-thousand-year-old bristlecone pines, from genetic test nurseries where white pine seedlings are deliberately infected with their mortal enemy to the hottest megafire sites and neighborhoods leveled by fire tornadoes or ember blizzards. Trees in Trouble not only explores the devastating ripple effects of climate change, but also introduces us to the people devoting their lives to saving our forests. Mathews also offers hope: a new approach to managing western pine forests is underway. Trees in Trouble explores how we might succeed in sustaining our forests through the challenging transition to a new environment. -- Publisher's description.
List(s) this item appears in: 2022 New Titles
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab SB763 .W38 .M38 2020 1 Available 50583020020495
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- A loaded atmosphere -- Inferno -- Outbreak -- Cookie cutters -- The bleeding edge -- Thin and burn -- North, and up -- Ghosts -- Fading white -- Resistance -- The enduring -- Future forests -- Afterword.

A story of the devastating and compounding effects of climate change in the Western and Rocky Mountain states, told through in-depth reportage and conversations with ecologists, professional forest managers, park service scientists, burn boss, activists, and more. Climate change manifests in many ways across North America, but few as dramatic as the attacks on our western pine forests. Daniel Mathews tells the urgent story of this loss, accompanying burn crews and forest ecologists as they study the myriad risk factors and refine techniques for saving this important, limited resource. Mathews transports the reader from the exquisitely aromatic haze of Ponderosa and Jeffrey pine groves to the fantastic gnarls and whorls of five-thousand-year-old bristlecone pines, from genetic test nurseries where white pine seedlings are deliberately infected with their mortal enemy to the hottest megafire sites and neighborhoods leveled by fire tornadoes or ember blizzards. Trees in Trouble not only explores the devastating ripple effects of climate change, but also introduces us to the people devoting their lives to saving our forests. Mathews also offers hope: a new approach to managing western pine forests is underway. Trees in Trouble explores how we might succeed in sustaining our forests through the challenging transition to a new environment. -- Publisher's description.

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