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Author: Stephen J. Pyne Publisher: University of Arizona Press ISBN: 0816538905 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 225
Book Description
Repeatedly, if paradoxically, the Northeast has led national developments in fire. Its intellectuals argued for model preserves in the Adirondacks and at Yellowstone, oversaw the first mapping of the American fire scene for the 1880 census, staffed the 1896 National Academy of Sciences forest commission that laid down guidelines for the national forests, and spearheaded legislation that allowed those reserves to expand by purchase. It trained the leaders who staffed those protected areas and produced most of America’s first environmentalists. The Northeast has its roster of great fires, beginning with dark days in the late 18th century, followed by a chronicle of conflagrations continuing as late as 1903 and 1908, with a shocking after-tremor in 1947. It hosted the nation’s first forestry schools. It organized the first interstate (and international) fire compact. And it was the Northeast that pioneered the transition to the true Big Burn—industrial combustion—as America went from burning living landscapes to burning lithic ones. In this new book in the To the Last Smoke series, renowned fire expert Stephen J. Pyne narrates this history and explains how fire is returning to a place not usually thought of in America’s fire scene. He examines what changes in climate and land use mean for wildfire, what fire ecology means for cultural landscapes, and what experiments are underway to reintroduce fire to habitats that need it. The region’s great fires have gone; its influence on the national scene has not. The Northeast: A Fire Survey samples the historic and contemporary significance of the region and explains how it fits into a national cartography and narrative of fire. Included in this volume: How the region shaped America’s understanding and policy toward fire How fire fits into the region today and what that means for the country overall What changes in climate, land use, and institutions may mean for northeastern fire, both wild and tame
Author: Dana Meachen Rau Publisher: Scholastic ISBN: 9780531248515 Category : Middle Atlantic States Languages : en Pages : 0
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Get ready to take an exciting cross-country trip across the United States-from the big cities of the Northeast to the deserts of the Southwest. Engaging text and thrilling images introduce you to the unique geography, history, and culture of our country's various regions.
Author: S. M. Harris Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc. ISBN: 1627873767 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 473
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"Winfield, Iowa, 1918. Colonel Wallace Carson, the ruler of a vast agricultural empire, asks Ann Hardy, his ten-year-old granddaughter and eventual heir, to promise she will safeguard The Northeast Quarter, the choice piece of land from which the empire was founded. Ann readily accepts -- little knowing what awaits her. When the Colonel is killed unexpectedly the same afternoon, the world around Ann and her family begins to fall apart. Against the background of America sliding from a post war boom into the Great Depression, The Northeast Quarter tells the story of Ann's struggle to keep a promise no matter what. She witnesses the remarriage of her grandmother to Royce Chamberlin, the seemingly humble banker who institutes a reign of terror over the household and proceeds to corrupt the entire town. Over the next ten years Ann matches wits with Chamberlin, enduring betrayal, banishment, and even physical violence. She grows from a precocious child into a tough-minded young woman -- watching, observing her enemy, and waiting for the moment to make her move. And when the moment comes in July 1929, life in Winfield will never be the same."--Publisher description
Author: Dennis W. Magee Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press ISBN: 9781558491892 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 0
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"The geographic scope of the work extends from the Canadian border south through Long Island and west to the Hudson River. The "General Keys" section contains fourteen keys that include such groups as aquatic plants, vines, and woody plants in winter condition. For both woody and herbaceous families the keys cover flowering as well as fruiting condition."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Lynn Peppas Publisher: All Around the U.S. ISBN: 9780778718246 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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The eleven states that make up the Northeast region of the United States are rich in history, culture, and natural resources. Read about the regions diverse industries, including fishing, forestry and logging, and even educationsome of the nation's finest schools are here, including Harvard, Yale, Brown, and Princeton.
Author: Richard Hart Uva Publisher: Comstock Publishing Associates ISBN: 9780801483349 Category : Weeds Languages : en Pages : 0
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Here, at last, is a lavishly illustrated manual for ready identification of 299 common and economically important weeds in the region south to Virginia, north to Maine and southern Canada, and west to Wisconsin. Based on vegetative rather than floral characteristics, this practical guide gives anyone who works with plants the ability to identify weeds before they flower. - A dichotomous key to all the species described in the book is designed to narrow the choices to a few possible species. Identification can then be confirmed by reading the descriptions of the species and comparing a specimen with the drawings and photographs.- A fold-out grass identification table provides diagnostic information for weedy grasses in an easy-to-use tabular key.- Specimens with unusual vegetative characteristics, such as thorns, square stems, whorled leaves, or milky sap, can be rapidly identified using the shortcut identification table. The first comprehensive weed identification manual available for the Northeast, this book will facilitate appropriate weed management strategy in any horticultural or agronomic cropping system and will also serve home gardeners and landscape managers, as well as pest management specialists and allergists.
Author: Peter Del Tredici Publisher: Cornell University Press ISBN: 1501740466 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 409
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In this field guide to the future, esteemed Harvard University botanist Peter Del Tredici unveils the plants that will become even more dominant in urban environments under projected future environmental conditions. These plants are the most important and most common plants in cities. Learning what they are and the role they play, he writes, will help us all make cities more livable and enjoyable. With more than 1000 photos, readers can easily identify these powerful plants. Learn about the fascinating cultural history of each plant.
Author: Susanna Moore Publisher: National Geographic Society ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 218
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The author interweaves her own memories of growing up in Honolulu in the 1950s and 6̕0s with a chronicle of Hawaiis̕ two-hundred-year encounter with the West, offering a celebration of the myth, culture, landscape, and music of Kauai, and revealing the rich Polynesians traditions that have shaped the modern island state.
Author: Richard Sanders Allen Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486436624 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 130
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A richly detailed account of bridge builders, the tools they used, and their finished masterpieces, this profusely illustrated work describes foot bridges, latticework and double-decked structures, drawbridges, and more. Filled with information on bridge locations, lengths of spans, and other data, this priceless tribute to a bygone era. 150 black-and-white illustrations.
Author: Stephen J. Pyne Publisher: University of Arizona Press ISBN: 0816538905 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 225
Book Description
Repeatedly, if paradoxically, the Northeast has led national developments in fire. Its intellectuals argued for model preserves in the Adirondacks and at Yellowstone, oversaw the first mapping of the American fire scene for the 1880 census, staffed the 1896 National Academy of Sciences forest commission that laid down guidelines for the national forests, and spearheaded legislation that allowed those reserves to expand by purchase. It trained the leaders who staffed those protected areas and produced most of America’s first environmentalists. The Northeast has its roster of great fires, beginning with dark days in the late 18th century, followed by a chronicle of conflagrations continuing as late as 1903 and 1908, with a shocking after-tremor in 1947. It hosted the nation’s first forestry schools. It organized the first interstate (and international) fire compact. And it was the Northeast that pioneered the transition to the true Big Burn—industrial combustion—as America went from burning living landscapes to burning lithic ones. In this new book in the To the Last Smoke series, renowned fire expert Stephen J. Pyne narrates this history and explains how fire is returning to a place not usually thought of in America’s fire scene. He examines what changes in climate and land use mean for wildfire, what fire ecology means for cultural landscapes, and what experiments are underway to reintroduce fire to habitats that need it. The region’s great fires have gone; its influence on the national scene has not. The Northeast: A Fire Survey samples the historic and contemporary significance of the region and explains how it fits into a national cartography and narrative of fire. Included in this volume: How the region shaped America’s understanding and policy toward fire How fire fits into the region today and what that means for the country overall What changes in climate, land use, and institutions may mean for northeastern fire, both wild and tame
Author: Stephen J. Pyne
Author: Dana Meachen Rau
Author: S. M. Harris
Author: Dennis W. Magee
Author: Lynn Peppas
Author: Richard Hart Uva
Author: Peter Del Tredici
Author: Susanna Moore
Author: Charles W. Johnson
Author: Richard Sanders Allen
Author: Stephen J. Pyne