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Author:   John R Weir (Oklahoma State Univ.) ,  Derek Scasta (Univ. of Wyoming)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   1.202kg
ISBN:  

9781032137179

ISBN 10:   1032137177
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   24 March 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Dedication List of contributors Acronyms Chapter 1: Introduction to global application of prescribed fire Chapter 2: Fire in the Boreal Forest: North-east British Columbia Canada - Putting fire out on the land Chapter 3: Burning in the Pampa and Cerrado in Brazil Chapter 4: Sanctioned Burning in Sub-Saharan Africa Chapter 5: Forged by Fire: Burning the Australian Tropical Savannas Chapter 6: The (re)emergence of Aboriginal women and cultural burning in New South Wales, Australia Chapter 7: Fire in Pines of the Southeast USA Chapter 8: The USA West Wasn’t Burning! Chapter 9: Pyric Legacy: Prescribed Burning in the Flint Hills Region of North America Chapter 10: An NGO and Prescribed Fire: The Nature Conservancy’s Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve (USA) Chapter 11: Prescribed Burn Associations: US landowners getting fire on the ground Chapter 12: Fire Management in heather-dominated heaths and moorlands of North-West Europe Chapter 13: Prescribed burning in the European Mediterranean Basin Chapter 14: Possibility to Introduce Prescribed Burning in Mongolian Rangelands Chapter 15: Prescribed fires of the future: Technology and fire Chapter 16: Epilogue Glossary Index

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John R. Weir is an Associate Extension Specialist in the Natural Resource Ecology and Management Department at Oklahoma State University. He teaches two prescribed fire courses, conducts fire ecology research and has extension responsibilities relating to prescribed fire training and working with landowners. In the past 30 years he has conducted over 1300 prescribed burns and has assisted with forming over 40 prescribed burn associations in nine US states. He is the author of the book Conducted Prescribed Fires: A Comprehensive Manual and in 2015 he received the Henry Wright Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Fire Ecology. J. Derek Scasta is an Associate Professor and Extension Rangeland Management Specialist in the Ecosystem Science and Management Department at the University of Wyoming. He teaches an applied fire ecology course, conducts research on prescribed fire and wildfire, and helped to form the Wyoming Prescribed Fire Council. Since 2008, he has participated on more than 50 prescribed burns in six US states. He is a Certified Wildland Fire Ecologist through the Association for Fire Ecology and a Certified Professional in Rangeland Management through the Society for Range Management.

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