Repeatedly, if paradoxically, the Northeast has led national developments in fire. Its intellectuals argued for model preserves in the Adirondacks and at Yellowstone, oversaw the first mapping of the American fire scene for the 1880 census, staffed the 1896 National Academy of Sciences forest commission that laid down guidelines for the national forests, and spearheaded legislation that allowed those reserves to expand by purchase. It trained the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0816538905
ISBN13:9780816538904
Release Date:April 2019
Publisher:University of Arizona Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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