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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Struzik, Edward, 1954-     Subjects     Wildfires -- Canada -- History.     Wildfires -- Canada -- Prevention and control -- History.     Wildfires -- United States -- History.     Wildfires -- United States -- Prevention and control -- History.     Wildfires -- Prevention and control -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Struzik, Edward, 1954-       by title:      Dark days at noon : ...       by call number:      363.379 S927d     Search the Web     Struzik, Edward, 1954-     Wildfires -- Canada -- History.     Wildfires -- Canada -- Prevention and control -- History.     Wildfires -- United States -- History.     Wildfires -- United States -- Prevention and control -- History.     Wildfires -- Prevention and control -- History.       MARC Display

Dark days at noon : the future of fire / Edward Struzik. by Struzik, Edward, 1954- McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022] Call #: 363.379 S927d Subjects Wildfires -- Canada -- History.   Wildfires -- Canada -- Prevention and control -- History.   Wildfires -- United States -- History.   Wildfires -- United States -- Prevention and control -- History.   Wildfires -- Prevention and control -- History. ISBN:  9780228012092 (hc) Description:  ix, 291 p. : ill. (chiefly colour) ; 27 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "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."--Publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 363.379 S927d Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 363.379 S927d Adult books Checked out Jul 12, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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