Fire in Paradise: The Yellowstone Fires and the Politics of Environmentalism A detailed account of the fight to control the fires that raged through Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks in 1988 focuses on the role of environmentalists in the effort to control the blazes.
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| Title | : | Fire in Paradise: The Yellowstone Fires and the Politics of Environmentalism |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.98 (472 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060163038 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 253 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
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Editorial : From Kirkus Reviews With one eye cocked for high drama, the other for any hint of bureaucratic bungling, Morrison (a reporter for Insight magazine) tells in fascinating detail the story of Yellowstone's 1988 firestorm. The summer of 1988 was a mean fire season. Big-time blazes were fought all across the country, but it was Yellowstone's million-acre incineration that caught the public's eye. Some viewed the conflagration as one of nature's great events and hailed the park's ``natural burn'' policy as a sensible response to nature's mysterious, sometimes scary, ways. But others disagreed, finding that policy to be a bone-headed approach without ecological merit or economic common sense. Morrison doesn't choose sides in this debate; he's more interested in the various snafus, mixed signals, reversals, and downright flimflammery that marked the handling of the fires. Confusion and cross-purpose reigned: The mission of the Forest Service clashed with that of the Park Service; there were ma
A detailed account of the fight to control the fires that raged through Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks in 1988 focuses on the role of environmentalists in the effort to control the blazes.
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