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Dark days at noon : the future of fire

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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

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Canada; Environment; Climate change; Climate; Politics; History; History-Canada; Fire ecology

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

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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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#4 Wildfires

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Artist: Robert Guest (1938 – 2017, Canadian)

Date: 2011

Medium: oil on wood

Catalogue Number: GuR.02.01

Description: A landscape oil painting, on board, of forest on fire. The painting is dominated by one central tree. Fallen tree on fire diagonally across painting in foreground. Background is thick forest on fire and some blue sky with orange smoke. Primarily red, green, blue and yellow color palette. Au verso s…

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Artist: Robert Guest (1938 – 2017, Canadian)

Title: #4 Wildfires

Date: 2011

Medium: oil on wood

Dimensions: 19.2 x 24.3 cm

Description: A landscape oil painting, on board, of forest on fire. The painting is dominated by one central tree. Fallen tree on fire diagonally across painting in foreground. Background is thick forest on fire and some blue sky with orange smoke. Primarily red, green, blue and yellow color palette. Au verso several stickers. At top white with black printing “THIS PAINTING HAS BEEN DONATED TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF THE WHYTE MUSEUM OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES AT BANFF. IT IS A GIFT FROM THE ARTIST, ROBERT GUEST OF GRANDE CACHE. 2012.” Sticker middle right is yellow with black print, “ CAUTION! HELP AVOID FADING: Display original artwork out of direct sunlight or other strong light, and away from heat or moist conditions!” Bottom left label, white with black printing, “#4. Wildfires./2011” NEW OILPAINT SERIES - 8X10 “ PANELS AT GRANDE CACHE, BY R. GUEST.” Bottom left sticker, blue with black print, see artist bio.

Subject: landscape; forest fire; Robert Guest

Credit: Purchased from Robert Guest, Grande Cache, 2012

Catalogue Number: GuR.02.01

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Awful splendour : a fire history of Canada

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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

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

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]

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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

Medium: Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)

Series: Shining mountains

Subjects: Bears, Grizzly; Fire ecology; Wolves; Yellowstone to Yukon wildlife corridor [Y2Y]

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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Yoho Park - After the Fire

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Date: 2005 – 2005

Medium: oil on masonite board

Catalogue Number: GrL.01.42

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are red, pruple, green and grey. Three mountain shapes dominate the piece, all bathed in red tones. The bottom of the image is a mixture of red and green, with indication of trees in the vertical forms on the right. On the rhbc one of …

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Artist: Les Graff (1936 – , Canadian)

Title: Yoho Park - After the Fire

Date: 2005 – 2005

Medium: oil on masonite board

Dimensions: 35.6 x 45.7 cm

Description: An oil sketch of a mountain landscape. The primary colours used are red, pruple, green and grey. Three mountain shapes dominate the piece, all bathed in red tones. The bottom of the image is a mixture of red and green, with indication of trees in the vertical forms on the right. On the rhbc one of the tree forms has a section of paint that is raised from the piece. The artist’s signature is in the brhc in orange paint. Au verso, written in black ink at the tlhc, “49/E-2”.