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Science in national parks and other heritage areas
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue8889
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1986
- Call Number
- 04 Sci2 Pam
- Responsibility
- James Gordon Nelson, John A. Carruthers, Dave M. Lohnes, editors
- jointly produced by Heritage Resources Centre, University of Waterloo and Parks Canada
- contribution by Clifford A. White
- Published Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 47p
- Subjects
- Bears, Grizzly
- Fire ecology
- Geology
- Limnology
- Accession Number
- 5258
- Call Number
- 04 Sci2 Pam
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Conservation : from Chaucer to Smokey the Bear : part 1
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue9551
- Author
- Gadd, Ben
- Physical Description
- p.4, 7
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Fire ecology
- Forests
- Notes
- In Wild Lands Advocate, vol.6, no.3, April 1998
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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New hall in old walls
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue10257
- Physical Description
- p.1-2
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Banff Fire Hall
- Notes
- In Town Crier, vol.3, no.4, Aug 1992
- Call Number
- P
- Collection
- Archives Library
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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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Calgary's mountain panorama
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue11944
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- c1990
- Author
- Birrell, Dave
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Call Number
- R 02.01 B53
- Author
- Birrell, Dave
- Responsibility
- text by Dave Birrell; artwork by Ron Ellis
- Publisher
- Calgary : Rocky Mountain Books
- Published Date
- c1990
- Physical Description
- 95 p. : ill., ports., map
- Subjects
- Fire lookouts
- Mines
- Quarries
- Travel
- World War I
- Notes
- Fold out panorama attached to back cover. Index of peaks at end
- ISBN
- 0921102127
- Accession Number
- 5935
- Call Number
- R 02.01 B53
- 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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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
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- Archives Library
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A review of the provision of municipal services in the towns of Banff and Jasper
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue5823
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1981
- Author
- Stanley Associates Engineering
- Call Number
- 03.8 St2
- Responsibility
- prepared for the Engineering and Architecture Branch, Parks Canada, Department of Environment
- submitted by Stanley Associates Engineering Ltd
- Published Date
- 1981
- Physical Description
- vi, 24l
- Subjects
- Ambulances
- Fire fighting
- Recreation
- Utilities
- Accession Number
- 3750
- Call Number
- 03.8 St2
- Collection
- Archives Library
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The new environmental handbook
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6469
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1980
- Publisher
- San Francisco : Friends of the Earth
- Call Number
- 04 En8d
- Responsibility
- edited by Garrett De Bell ...
- contributions by David Gancher, Aubrey Wallace, Galen Rowell, Bruce M. Kilgore
- Publisher
- San Francisco : Friends of the Earth
- Published Date
- 1980
- Physical Description
- 351p
- Subjects
- Camping
- Fire ecology
- Hiking
- Man and nature
- ISBN
- 0-913890-36-7
- Accession Number
- 13000
- Call Number
- 04 En8d
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- Archives Library
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Outpost of empire : an observation hut in the Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue6620
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Author
- Gissing, Alwin
- Call Number
- 04.1 G44
- Author
- Gissing, Alwin
- Physical Description
- p.854-857
- Subjects
- Aylmer lookout
- Fire lookouts
- Notes
- In Chambers's Journal, November 1934
- Accession Number
- 18000
- Call Number
- 04.1 G44
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- Archives Library
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