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E-raamat: Dark Days at Noon: The Future of Fire

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  • Ilmumisaeg: 09-Sep-2022
  • Kirjastus: McGill-Queen's University Press
  • Keel: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9780228013488
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  • Ilmumisaeg: 09-Sep-2022
  • Kirjastus: McGill-Queen's University Press
  • Keel: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9780228013488

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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 before 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 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.


Dark Days at Noon provides a broad history of wildfire in North America, from pre-European contact to the present. Edward Struzik sheds light on what may happen in the future if we do not learn to live with fire as Indigenous people once did, so that we may learn from how we managed fire in the past and apply those lessons in the future.

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Explores the role of wildland fire in history and also looks into the future of wildfire. A skilled storyteller, Struzik has the keen ability to reach his audience while maintaining a high standard with respect to science. The main lesson herein is that we will have to learn to live with fire as opposed to trying to exterminate fire from the landscape. Mike Flannigan, Canadian Partnership for Wildland Fire Science, University of Alberta "A well-researched and spectacularly illustrated profile of historically significant wildfires in North America between 1780 and 2021. In his conclusion Struzik calls for cultural and political efforts devoted to actively living with wildfire rather than addressing it on an as-needed basis. The book is valuable for comparing the role of, and policies toward, wildfire in the US. Recommended. All readers." Choice [ Dark Days at Noon] is easily one of the most beautiful books on wildfire I have encountered, with dozens of rich illustrations from fire photography to newspaper cartoons, and from archival materials to Struziks own travel photography - not simply creating a more engaging reader experience but also providing complementary material that empowers the reader to really understand the subjects Struzik is writing about. It is a book that proves accessible and enjoyable for the casual reader, insightful for the already informed, and highly useful for the experts in the subjectall while finally linking the visual and textual dimensions of fire in a well-deserved way. H-Environment

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Why we should learn to live with fire, rather than trying to solve or eradicate it.
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1(17)
1 Prelude to the Dark Days at Noon
18(4)
2 The Fire Triangle
22(10)
3 More Dark Days Coming
32(14)
4 The Big Burn
46(10)
5 Big Burns in Canada
56(16)
6 Paiute Forestry
72(8)
7 Fire Suppression
80(11)
8 The Civilian Conservation Corps
91(9)
9 Canada's Conservation Corps
100(16)
10 The Fall of the Dominion Forest Service
116(4)
11 The Royal Commission into Wildfire
120(5)
12 White Man's Fire
125(5)
13 International Co-operation
130(8)
14 Blue Moon and Blue Sun
138(5)
15 Nuclear Winter
143(5)
16 Yellowstone: A Turning Point
148(9)
17 Big and Small Grizzlies
157(4)
18 Climate and the Age of Megafire
161(5)
19 The Holy Shit Fire
166(11)
20 The Pyrocene
177(11)
21 Nuclear Winter: Part Two
188(8)
22 Owls and Clear-Cuts
196(7)
23 Water on Fire
203(11)
24 The Arctic on Fire
214(10)
25 The Big Smoke
224(8)
26 Fire News
232(19)
Conclusion 251(14)
Illustrations 265(6)
Notes 271(16)
Index 287
Edward Struzik is a fellow at the Institute for Energy and Environmental Studies in the School of Policy Studies at Queens University.