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In 1988, forest fires raged in Yellowstone National Park, destroying more than a million acres. As the nation watched the land around Old Faithful burn, a longstanding conflict over fire management reached a fever pitch. Will have to the U.S. Park and Forest Services suppress fires immediately or allow some to run their natural course? When Will have to firefighters be sent to battle the flames and at what cost?
In Scorched Earth, Barker, an environmental reporter who was on the ground and in the smoke right through the 1988 fires, shows us that many of today’s arguments over fire and the nature of public land began to take shape soon after the Civil War. As Barker explains, how the government responded to early fires in Yellowstone and to private investors in the region led ultimately to the protection of 600 million acres of public lands in the United States. Barker uses his considerable narrative talents to bring to life a fascinating, but frequently neglected, piece of American history. Scorched Earth lays a new foundation for examining current fire and environmental policies in The us and the world.
Our story begins when the West was yet to be won, with a colorful cast of characters: a civil war general and his soldiers, The us’s first investment banker, railroad men, naturalists, and fire-fighters-all of whom left their mark on Yellowstone. As the truth at the back of the creation of The us’s first national park is revealed, we discover the remarkable role the U.S. Army played in protecting Yellowstone and shaping public lands in the West. And we see the developing efforts of conservation’s great figures as they struggled to preserve our heritage. With vivid descriptions of the famous fires that have raged in Yellowstone, the heroes who have tried to give protection to it, and the strategies that evolved consequently, Barker draws us into the very heart of a debate over our attempts to keep an eye on nature and people.
This entertaining and timely book challenges the traditional views both of those who arrogantly seek full keep an eye on of nature and those who naively imagine we will be able to leave it unaltered. And it demonstrates how much of our broader environmental history was shaped in the lands of Yellowstone.
In Scorched Earth, Barker, an environmental reporter who was on the ground and in the smoke right through the 1988 fires, shows us that many of today’s arguments over fire and the nature of public land began to take shape soon after the Civil War. As Barker explains, how the government responded to early fires in Yellowstone and to private investors in the region led ultimately to the protection of 600 million acres of public lands in the United States. Barker uses his considerable narrative talents to bring to life a fascinating, but frequently neglected, piece of American history. Scorched Earth lays a new foundation for examining current fire and environmental policies in The us and the world.
Our story begins when the West was yet to be won, with a colorful cast of characters: a civil war general and his soldiers, The us’s first investment banker, railroad men, naturalists, and fire-fighters-all of whom left their mark on Yellowstone. As the truth at the back of the creation of The us’s first national park is revealed, we discover the remarkable role the U.S. Army played in protecting Yellowstone and shaping public lands in the West. And we see the developing efforts of conservation’s great figures as they struggled to preserve our heritage. With vivid descriptions of the famous fires that have raged in Yellowstone, the heroes who have tried to give protection to it, and the strategies that evolved consequently, Barker draws us into the very heart of a debate over our attempts to keep an eye on nature and people.
This entertaining and timely book challenges the traditional views both of those who arrogantly seek full keep an eye on of nature and those who naively imagine we will be able to leave it unaltered. And it demonstrates how much of our broader environmental history was shaped in the lands of Yellowstone.
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