Era of the Big Fire Is Kindled at West's Doors. / Timothy Egan and others.
by Egan, Timothy; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 34Environment. Publisher: New York Times, 2002ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Fire extinction | Fire fighters | Fire management | Risk assessment | Wildfires | Wildfires -- Prevention and control | West (United States)DDC classification: 050 Summary: "The fires came early this year [2002] to the West, chasing people out of valleys in Colorado, rousting animals from late slumber in Alaska, choking the sky with smoke in Arizona woods that have so little moisture they seem kiln-dried. The price of holding back nature has come home, fire officials say." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article examines the outbreak of fires in the western United States and addresses the possibility of the government changing its fire policy.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003.
Originally Published: Era of the Big Fire Is Kindled at West's Doors, June 23, 2002; pp. 1+.
"The fires came early this year [2002] to the West, chasing people out of valleys in Colorado, rousting animals from late slumber in Alaska, choking the sky with smoke in Arizona woods that have so little moisture they seem kiln-dried. The price of holding back nature has come home, fire officials say." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article examines the outbreak of fires in the western United States and addresses the possibility of the government changing its fire policy.
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