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Dark days at noon : the future of fire
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26239
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2022
- Author
- Struzik, Edward
- Publisher
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press
- Call Number
- 04 St8d
- Author
- Struzik, Edward
- Publisher
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press
- Published Date
- 2022
- Physical Description
- ix, 291 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour map ; 27 cm
- Abstract
- The catastrophic runaway wildfires advancing through North America and other parts of the world are not unprecedented. Fires loomed large once human activity began to warm the climate in the 1820s, leading to an aggressive firefighting strategy that has left many of the continent's forests too old and vulnerable to the fires that many tree species need to regenerate. Dark Days at Noon provides a broad history of wildfire in North America, from pre-European contact to the present, in the hopes that we may learn from how we managed fire in the past, and apply those lessons in the future. As people continue to move into forested landscapes to work, play, live, and ignite fires--intentionally or unintentionally--fire has begun to take its toll, burning entire towns, knocking out utilities, closing roads, and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people. Fire management in North America requires attention and cooperation from both sides of the border, and many of the most significant fires have taken place at the boundary line. Despite a clear lack of political urgency among political leaders, Edward Struzik argues that wildfire science needs to guide the future of fire management, and that those same leaders need to shape public perception accordingly. By explaining how society's misguided response to fire has led to our current situation, Dark Days at Noon warns of what may happen in the future if we do not learn to live with fire as the continent's Indigenous Peoples once did. -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1. Prelude to the dark days at noon -- 2. The fire triangle -- 3. More dark days coming -- 4. The big burn -- 5. Big burns in Canada -- 6. Paiute forestry -- 7. Fire suppression -- 8. The Civilian Conservation Corps -- 9. Canada's Conservation Corps -- 10. The fall of the Dominion Forest Service -- 11. The royal commission into wildfire -- 12. White man's fire -- 13. International co-operation -- 14. Blue moon and blue sun -- 15. Nuclear winter -- 16. Yellowstone: A turning point -- 17. Big and small grizzlies -- 18. Climate and the age of megafire -- 19. The holy shit fire -- 20. The Pyrocene -- 21. Nuclear winter: Part two -- 22. Owls and clear-cuts -- 23. Water on fire -- 24. The Arctic on fire -- 25. The big smoke -- 26. Fire news -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 9780228012092
- Accession Number
- P2024.02
- Call Number
- 04 St8d
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Evaluation of the Banff National Park planned ignition prescribed fire program
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2990
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1995
- Author
- Wierzchowski, Jack L
- Publisher
- Ogden (Utah) : Intermountain Research Station
- Call Number
- 04.1 W63 Pam
- Author
- Wierzchowski, Jack L
- Responsibility
- Jack L. Wierzchowski, Clifford A. White, Ian R. Pengelly
- Publisher
- Ogden (Utah) : Intermountain Research Station
- Published Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 3p
- Subjects
- Fire ecology
- Notes
- From Proceedings : Symposium on Fire in Wilderness and Park Management (1993 : Missoula (Mont.) / Brown, James K. [et al.] tech. coords
- Bibliography : p.2-3
- Accession Number
- 6953
- Call Number
- 04.1 W63 Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Friendly forest fire - assessing the benefits seven years later
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue59
- Author
- Rasmussen, Corey
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Fires
- Fire ecology
- Banff National Park
- Notes
- Conservation Magazine, fall-winter 2017
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Is Aspen doomed?
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14484
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- May 1997
- Author
- Kay, Charles E.
- Publisher
- Journal of Forestry
- Call Number
- 04 K18i Pam
- Author
- Kay, Charles E.
- Publisher
- Journal of Forestry
- Published Date
- May 1997
- Physical Description
- 11 pages and illustrations
- Subjects
- Ecology
- Fire ecology
- Ungulates
- United States
- Notes
- Photocopied from the Journal of Forestry - includes bibliographical references - the decline of aspen in the western United States -
- Call Number
- 04 K18i Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The language of fire - interview with Parks Canada Gregg Walker
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue916
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- 2018
- Author
- Wilson, Niki
- Publisher
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, Vol. 3, 2018
- Call Number
- P
- Author
- Wilson, Niki
- Editor
- Ward, Meghan J.
- Publisher
- In Canadian Rockies Annual, Vol. 3, 2018
- Published Date
- 2018
- Physical Description
- p.48-53
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Fire ecology
- Fire fighting
- Fires
- Parks Canada
- Banff National Park
- Kootenay National Park
- Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
- Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park
- Abstract
- Wildfires play an important role in the landscape. But when they burn out of control, professionals dive in to manage them. Fire expert Gregg Walker explains what's really going on amidst the flames
- Language
- English
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Long-term ecosystem states and processes in the central Canadian Rockies: a new perspective on ecological integrity and ecosystem management
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14496
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1995
- Author
- Kay, Charles E. and Clifford A. White
- Publisher
- The George Wright Society, Hancock, Michigan
- Call Number
- 04 K18l Pam
- Publisher
- The George Wright Society, Hancock, Michigan
- Published Date
- 1995
- Physical Description
- 8 pages and illustrations
- Subjects
- Ecology
- Fire ecology
- Rocky Mountains Canada
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references - contributing paper (photocopy) from the Sustainable Society and Protected Areas 8th Conference on Research and Resource Management in Parks and on Public Lands April 17-21, 1995 in Portland Oregon - discusses changes to ecosystem in Banff National Park
- Call Number
- 04 K18l Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1969
- Publisher
- Banff National Park
- Call Number
- C6-4.3(c)
- Publisher
- Banff National Park
- Published Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 map : black and white
- Scale
- 1 inch - 3 miles
- Subjects
- Cascade Fire Road
- Notes
- legend on back of original in Info file
- See: Roads (info file)
- Accession Number
- 6500
- Call Number
- C6-4.3(c)
- Collection
- Archives Library
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- Medium
- Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published)
- Map
- Published Date
- 1969
- Publisher
- Banff National Park
- Call Number
- C6-4.3(c)
- Publisher
- Banff National Park
- Published Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 map : black and white
- Scale
- 1 inch - 3 miles
- Subjects
- Cascade Fire Road
- Notes
- legend on back of original in Info file
- See: Roads (info file)
- Accession Number
- 6500
- Call Number
- C6-4.3(c)
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My grandfather's wilderness
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue10649
- Author
- Van Tighem, Kevin
- Physical Description
- p.8-10
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Banff National Park
- Cascade Fire Road
- Notes
- In Wilderness Alberta, vol.19, no.3, winter 1989
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Native burning in Western North America : implications for hardwood forest management
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14697
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2000
- Author
- Kay, Charles E.
- Publisher
- Kentucky : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
- Call Number
- 04 K18n Pam
- Author
- Kay, Charles E.
- Responsibility
- Charles E. Kay
- Publisher
- Kentucky : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
- Published Date
- 2000
- Physical Description
- pages 19-27
- Subjects
- Ecology
- Fire ecology
- Forest fires
- Forests
- Rocky Mountains, Canada
- United States
- Yellowstone National Park
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references
- Photocopy from a section of the Proceedings: workshop on fire, people, and the central hardwood landscape held in Richmond, Kentucky on March 12-14, 2000
- Call Number
- 04 K18n Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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