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Blazing heritage a history of wildland fire in the national parks

National parks played a unique role in the development of wildfire management on American public lands. With a different mission and meaning to the public, they were a psychic battleground for the contests between fire suppression and its use as a management tool. This tells how the national parks s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rothman, Hal
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2007, 2007
Subjects:
Wildfires / United States / History
Forest Fires / United States / History
National Parks And Reserves / United States / History
Fire Management / United States / History
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:National parks played a unique role in the development of wildfire management on American public lands. With a different mission and meaning to the public, they were a psychic battleground for the contests between fire suppression and its use as a management tool. This tells how the national parks shaped federal fire management
Physical Description:viii, 281 p., [8] p. of plates ill. (chiefly col.)
ISBN:9780199788958

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