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- Publisher : Oxford University Press (April 12, 2007)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 304 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0195311167
- ISBN-13 : 978-0195311167
- Item Weight : 1.25 pounds
- Dimensions : 9.3 x 1.2 x 6 inches
Blazing Heritage: A History of Wildland Fire in the National Parks
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by Hal K. Rothman (Author)
National parks played a unique role in the development of wildfire management on American public lands. With a different mission and powerful meaning to the public, the national parks were a psychic battleground for the contests between fire suppression and its use as a management tool.
Blazing Heritage tells how the national parks shaped federal fire management.
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