Introduction to Fire in California (Hardcover)

Acknowledgments
Introduction

THE NATURE OF FIRE
What Is Fire?
The Fire Triangle
Oxygen: Fire Breath, Fuel: Fire Food, Heat: Fire Energy
Ignition Sources
Fire Behavior
Weather, Topography: Lay of the Land

FIRE AND LIFE ACROSS CALIFORNIA
Fire Regimes
Seeds, Sprouts, and All of the Above
Vegetation Types and Fire: Chaparral Shrublands, Conifer Forests, Oak Woodlands and Savannas, Sagebrush, Shrublands and Pinyon-Juniper Forests, Deserts, Grasslands, Wetlands and Riparian Woodlands
Wildlife
Soil, Water, and Air
Climate Change

FLAMES OF HISTORY
California’s Light-Burning Debate
The Big Ones

BURNING ISSUES
Fighting Back: Tactics and Weaponry
Making Peace: Restoring Fire
The Chaparral Dilemma
Fire Plans
Logging versus Thinning

GETTING READY: LIFE ON THE EDGE
Wildland-Urban Interface
Becoming a Fire-Adapted Californian
Fire-Safe Planning: Before the Fire: Defensible Space
Fire-Safe Planning: During the Fire: Outdoors, Indoors,
After the Fire
Kindling Change

Online Fire Resources
Glossary
References
Art Credits
Additional Captions
Index

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