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Contents 1 Acknowledgments 3 A Note on Methods 5 1. Introduction 9 2. The Social Dimensions of Wildfire 21 3. Forester-Kings? 49 4. Managing in the Wake of the Ax 73 5. Out of the Frying Pan 119 6. The Weight of Past Weakness 135 7. Conclusion 157 Notes 167 References 195 Index 215 Publisher:University Press of Colorado,Published:2011,ISBN:9781607320890,Related ISBN:9781607320883,Language:English,OCLC:757916926 Most journalists and academics attribute the rise of wildfires in the western United States to the USDA Forest Service's successful fire-elimination policies of the twentieth century. However, in Fire Management in the American West, Mark Hudson argues that although a century of suppression did indeed increase the hazard of wildfire, the responsibility does not lie with the USFS alone. The roots are found in the Forest Service's relationships with other, more powerful elements of society--the timber industry in particular. Drawing on correspondence both between and within the Forest Service and the major timber industry associations, newspaper articles, articles from industry outlets, and policy documents from the late 1800s through the present, Hudson shows how the US fo

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United States. Forest Service;United States. Forest Service.;Hudson, Mark

Publisher

University Press of Colorado

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781607320883

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Nature, Management, History