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Harold Biswell
Prescribed Burning in California Wildlands Vegetation Management
$22.95, £16.50 paperback
978-0-520-21945-8
Available Now
274 pages, 74 b/w photgraphs, 14 line drawings, 3 tables
August 1999, Available worldwide
Categories: Natural History; Ecology; Plants; Botany
August 1999, Available worldwide
Categories: Natural History; Ecology; Plants; Botany
"Biswell's combination of solid basic research, attention to management and policy issues, and ability and willingness to communicate with his peers and the lay public have been largely responsible for the evolution of understanding of the pro-per role of fire in wildlands.. . . This book . . . chronicles the rationale and history behind this understanding."—Norman L. Christensen, Bioscience
"Discussions of the natural role of fire, the history of fire management, fire behavior and planning, and the effects of fire on natural resources combine a professional ecological perspective with a casual, folksy style derived from years of practical experience. . . . Biswell shows considerable foresight in recognizing the need for greatly expanded research to better understand the influence of fire and fire suppression on natural ecosystems. Overall, the story that Biswell tells is both important and convincing. It provides a valuable historical account of the development of prescribed fire as a management technique and its associated science."—David J. Parsons, Journal of Forestry
"A very readable book about the controlled application of fire." --Choice
"Discussions of the natural role of fire, the history of fire management, fire behavior and planning, and the effects of fire on natural resources combine a professional ecological perspective with a casual, folksy style derived from years of practical experience. . . . Biswell shows considerable foresight in recognizing the need for greatly expanded research to better understand the influence of fire and fire suppression on natural ecosystems. Overall, the story that Biswell tells is both important and convincing. It provides a valuable historical account of the development of prescribed fire as a management technique and its associated science."—David J. Parsons, Journal of Forestry
"A very readable book about the controlled application of fire." --Choice
Harold Biswell's decades of research and field experience were a major factor in developing policies of controlled or prescribed burning, which mimics or reintroduces the natural fire cycle. This comprehensive study introduces the principles and practices of prescribed burning, which apply far beyond California, within a historical and ecological perspective. Available for the first time in paperback, with a new foreword by James Agee, this book places Biswell's study—and his legacy—in the context of recent developments in the field.
Fire in California's Ecosystems, edited by Neil G. Sugihara, Jan W. van Wagtendonk, Kevin E. Shaffer, JoAnn Fites-Kaufman and Andrea E. Thode
Introduction to Fire in California, by David Carle
Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources, by M. Kat AndersonLiving with Fire: Fire Ecology and Policy for the Twenty-first Century, by Sara E. Jensen and Guy R. McPherson
Introduction to Fire in California, by David Carle
Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources, by M. Kat AndersonLiving with Fire: Fire Ecology and Policy for the Twenty-first Century, by Sara E. Jensen and Guy R. McPherson