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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Struzik, Edward (1954-....)
Titre(s) : Dark days at noon [Texte imprimé] : the future of fire / Edward Struzik
Publication : Montréal : McGill-Queen's university press, copyright 2022
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (IX-291 p.) : ill. ; 27 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
Sujet(s) : Forêts -- Incendies -- Environnement -- Amérique du Nord
Feux de friches -- Canada -- Histoire
Feux de friches -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Forêts -- Incendies -- Lutte contre -- Canada -- Histoire
Forêts -- Incendies -- Lutte contre -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
333.750 97 (23e éd.) = Terres forestières - Amérique du Nord
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780228012092 (cloth). - ISBN 0228012090. - ISBN 9780228013488 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47261437q
Notice n° :
FRBNF47261437
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Résumé : "The catastrophic runaway wildfires advancing through North America and other parts
of the world are not unprecedented. Fires loomed large once human activity began to
warm the climate in the 1820s, leading to an aggressive firefighting strategy that
has left many of the continent's forests too old and vulnerable to the fires that
many tree species need to regenerate. Dark Days at Noon provides a broad history of
wildfire in North America, from pre-European contact to the present, in the hopes
that we may learn from how we managed fire in the past, and apply those lessons in
the future. As people continue to move into forested landscapes to work, play, live,
and ignite fires--intentionally or unintentionally--fire has begun to take its toll,
burning entire towns, knocking out utilities, closing roads, and forcing the evacuation
of hundreds of thousands of people. Fire management in North America requires attention
and cooperation from both sides of the border, and many of the most significant fires
have taken place at the boundary line. Despite a clear lack of political urgency among
political leaders, Edward Struzik argues that wildfire science needs to guide the
future of fire management, and that those same leaders need to shape public perception
accordingly. By explaining how society's misguided response to fire has led to our
current situation, Dark Days at Noon warns of what may happen in the future if we
do not learn to live with fire as the continent's Indigenous Peoples once did."
Table des matières : Introduction -- ; 1.. Prelude to the dark days at noon -- ; 2.. The fire triangle
-- ; 3.. More dark days coming -- ; 4.. The big burn -- ; 5.. Big burns in Canada
-- ; 6.. Paiute forestry -- ; 7.. Fire suppression -- ; 8.. The Civilian Conservation
Corps -- ; 9.. Canada's Conservation Corps -- ; 10.. The fall of the Dominion Forest
Service -- ; 11.. The royal commission into wildfire -- ; 12.. White man's fire --
; 13.. International co-operation -- ; 14.. Blue moon and blue sun -- ; 15.. Nuclear
winter -- ; 16.. Yellowstone: A turning point -- ; 17.. Big and small grizzlies --
; 18.. Climate and the age of megafire -- ; 19.. The holy shit fire -- ; 20.. The
Pyrocene -- ; 21.. Nuclear winter: Part two -- ; 22.. Owls and clear-cuts -- ; 23..
Water on fire -- ; 24.. The Arctic on fire -- ; 25.. The big smoke -- ; 26.. Fire
news -- ; Conclusion.
