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005			20211118112546.0
008			201119s2021 kyuab b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9780813181073 _qhardcover
020			_a0813181070 _qhardcover
020			_z9780813181042 _qelectronic book
020			_z9780813181059 _qelectronic publication
035			_a(OCoLC)1190832814
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050	0	0	_aSD421 _b.H26 2021
082	0	0	_a634.9/618 _223
100	1		_aHanson, Chad T.,
245	1	0	_aSmokescreen : _bdebunking wildfire myths to save our forests and our climate / _cChad T. Hanson.
264		1	_aLexington, Kentucky : _bUniversity Press of Kentucky, _c[2021]
300			_a271 pages : _billustrations, map ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 235-266) and index.
505	0		_aPrologue: Detours -- The fiery myths that undermine climate solutions -- The snag forest -- You can't fight the wind with a chain saw -- The "megafire" narrative -- What's the real "carbon bomb"? -- The economics of deceit -- What you aren't being told about "thinning" -- An inconvenient woodpecker -- Climate change enablers -- The logging collaboratives -- Fire in the east -- Fire-safe communities -- Keep It in the forest, keep It in the ground -- A new wildfire vocabulary -- Moving beyond the politics of fear.
520			_a"Smokescreen cuts through years of misunderstanding and misdirection to make an impassioned, evidence-based argument for a new era of forest management for the sake of the planet and the human race. Natural fires are as essential as sun and rain in fire-adapted forests, but as humans encroach on wild spaces, fear, arrogance, and greed have shaped the way that people view these regenerative events and have given rise to misinformation. The peril that these myths pose to forests is profound-affecting whole habitats and the wildlife that depend on them-and mismanagement of these carbon dioxide-absorbing ecosystems threatens humanity's chances of overcoming the climate crisis. Scientist and activist Chad T. Hanson explains how natural alarm over wildfire has been marshaled to advance corporate and political agendas, notably those of the logging industry. He also shows that, in stark contrast to the fear-driven narrative around these events, contemporary research has demonstrated that forests in the United States, North America, and around the world have a significant deficit of fire. Forest fires, including the largest ones, can create extraordinarily important and rich wildlife habitats as long as they are not subjected to postfire logging. Throughout the book, Hanson points out how words have been weaponized in public conversations about wildland fires and underscores the need to create a new vocabulary for these events. Smokescreen confronts the devastating cost of current policies and practices head-on and ultimately offers a hopeful vision and practical suggestions for the future-one in which both communities and the climate are protected and fires are understood as a natural and necessary force"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aForest fires _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aForest management.
650		0	_aClimatic changes _xPrevention.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aHanson, Chad T., _tSmokescreen _dLexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2021. _z9780813181073 _w(DLC) 2020051823.
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