Introduction to Fire in California
The essential guide to California's long relationship with fire, updated for the climate-change generation.What is fire? How are wildfires ignited? How do California's weather and topography influence…
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The essential guide to California's long relationship with fire, updated for the climate-change generation.What is fire? How are wildfires ignited? How do California's weather and topography influence fire? How did Indigenous people use fire on the land we now call California? David Carle's clearly written, dramatically illustrated first edition of Introduction to Fire in California helped Californians, including the millions who live near naturally flammable wildlands, better understand their own place in the state's landscape. In this revised edition, Carle covers the basics of fire ecology; looks at the effects of fire on people, wildlife, soil, water, and air; discusses fire-fighting organizations and land-management agencies; and explains how to prepare for an emergency and what to do when one occurs.This second edition brings the wildfire story up to the