985

Rothman, Hal,1958-2007

a history of wildland fire in the national parks

Hal K. Rothman.

Oxford University Press

2007

viii, 281 p., [8] p. of plates ill. (chiefly col.) 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-262) and index. , Fighting fire on horseback: the military in the national parks, 1872-1916 -- The development of a fire management structure -- A decade of transformation: the new deal and fire policy -- Ecology and the limits of suppression in the Postwar Era -- Allowing fire in the national park system -- Managing fire -- Yellowstone and the politics of disaster -- The hazard of new fortunes: outlet, cerro grande, and the twenty-fire century

363.

3790973

R846b

2007

978-0-19-531116-7