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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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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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Awful splendour : a fire history of Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13795
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2007
- Author
- Pyne, Stephen J
- Publisher
- Vancouver : UBC Press
- Call Number
- 04.1 P99a
- Author
- Pyne, Stephen J
- Responsibility
- Stephen J. Pyne ; foreword by Graeme Wynn
- Publisher
- Vancouver : UBC Press
- Published Date
- 2007
- Physical Description
- xxix, 549 p. : ill., maps, ports
- Subjects
- Climate
- Ecology
- Fire ecology
- Forest fires
- Man and nature
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- ISBN
- 978-0-7748-1392-1
- Accession Number
- 60000 2010-03-25
- Call Number
- 04.1 P99a
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Shining mountains : Once and future wild, episode 4 [DVD video]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue13352
- Medium
- Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
- Published Date
- 2005
- Author
- Clarkson, Guy
- Publisher
- Canada : Raven HD productions
- Call Number
- 04 Sh6 DVD v.4
- Author
- Clarkson, Guy
- Responsibility
- Directed by Guy Clarkson
- Produced by Guy Clarkson, Bonnie Thompson
- Production agency: Shining Mountains Film Production Ltd., national Film Board of Canada
- Publisher
- Canada : Raven HD productions
- Published Date
- 2005
- Physical Description
- 1 digital video disc (46:46) : 1 sd., col. with b&w sequences
- Series
- Shining mountains
- Notes
- Partial contents: interview between Harvey Locke and Andy Russell; issue of radio collars for wildlife; Wayne Sawchuk and the protection of Northern Rockies Muskwa Ranges area
- Accession Number
- 7738
- Call Number
- 04 Sh6 DVD v.4
- 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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Repeat photography and long-term vegetation change on the U.S. sheep experiment station and other rangelands in the Centennial Mountains - Final Report - Abstract
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14521
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- April 1999
- Author
- Kay, Charles E.
- Publisher
- Charles E. Kay
- Call Number
- 04 K18r Pam
- Author
- Kay, Charles E.
- Responsibility
- Final Report to U.S. Sheep Experiment Station, Agricultural Research Service, Dubois, ID
- Publisher
- Charles E. Kay
- Published Date
- April 1999
- Physical Description
- 6 pages and tables
- Notes
- Abstract only - tables show vegetation changes in Centennial Mountains
- Call Number
- 04 K18r Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Are ecosystems structured from the top-down or bottom-up: a new look at an old debate
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14532
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1998
- Author
- Kay, Charles E.
- Publisher
- Wildlife Society Bulletin, 26 (3)
- Call Number
- 04 K18ec Pam
- Author
- Kay, Charles E.
- Publisher
- Wildlife Society Bulletin, 26 (3)
- Published Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 15 pages and illustrations
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references - photocopy - discusses First Nations influence on land management using first-person historical accounts, historical photographs, archaological data and myths that encouraged the belief of "natural regulation"
- Call Number
- 04 K18ec Pam
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- Archives Library
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Aspen, elk, and fire in the Rocky Mountain national parks of North America
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14533
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1998
- Author
- White, Clifford A., et al.
- Publisher
- Wildlife Society Bulletin, 26 (3)
- Call Number
- 04 W58a Pam
- Author
- White, Clifford A., et al.
- Publisher
- Wildlife Society Bulletin, 26 (3)
- Published Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 14 pages and illustrations
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references - photocopy - discusses aspen as an indicator of ecological conditions in national parks - aspen in decline - recommendations to fix aspen regeneration - Charles E. Kay - Jasper, Banff, Yoho, Kootenay, Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain parks
- Call Number
- 04 W58a Pam
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- 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
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- Archives Library
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The condition and trend of aspen, Populus tremuloides, in Kootenay and Yoho National Parks: implications for ecological integrity in The Canadian Feild-Naturalist
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14531
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1997
- Author
- Kay, Charles E.
- Publisher
- The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, Ottawa, Vol. 111, No. 4
- Call Number
- 04 K18ct Pam
- Author
- Kay, Charles E.
- Publisher
- The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, Ottawa, Vol. 111, No. 4
- Published Date
- 1997
- Physical Description
- 11 pages and illustrations
- Subjects
- Fire ecology
- Logging
- National parks
- Ungulates
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references - photocopy - discusses health of this species in Canadian Parks - ecological integrity
- Call Number
- 04 K18ct Pam
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