Results for keyword: Fire
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Practical pyromania: A review of The Flamer
In his new novel, Ben Rogers tells the coming-of-age story of a young Nevada boy named Oby Brooks who just loves to blow things up.
by Jenny Shank, Aug 05, 2012 -
A life measured in cordwood: A review of Into the Heat: My Love Affair with Trees, Fire, Saws and Men
Cindy Bellinger's memoir, Into the Heat: My Love Affair with Trees, Fire, Saws and Men, introduces us to a determined, 60-something, chainsaw-wielding Western woman.
by Gussie Fauntleroy, Feb 19, 2012 -
Whatever happened to letting fires burn?
The writer suggests that Westerners learn to live with fires rather than suppressing them.
by George Wuerthner, May 09, 2011 -
Brave 'yellowbellies' served the West well
In Smoke Jumping on the Western Fire Line, Mark Matthews tells the story of the conscientious objectors who pioneered smokejumping to fight Western forest fires during World War II
by Ray Ring, Oct 16, 2006 -
Burning money
Wildfire financial data
by Staff, Oct 16, 2006 -
Wildland acres burned
Western wildland acres burned
by Staff, Oct 16, 2006 -
Fire and the warming West
The writer says this summer's wildfires reflect the increasing impacts from drought and global climate change
by Paul VanDevelder, Sep 25, 2006 -
Montana Sen. Conrad Burns spotlights a bad burn policy
The writer says Montana Sen. Conrad Burns may have been guilty of insulting fire fighters, but at least he focused us on fire policy
by Gina Knudson, Aug 21, 2006 -
Where there's fire, there's global warming
Climate scientist Anthony Westerling is working to illuminate the connection between rising global temperatures and the increasing ferocity of the West’s forest fires
by Matt Jenkins, Aug 07, 2006 -
An Idaho forest burns almost naturally
The writer welcomes fires set to fireproof the forest floor
by John McCarthy, Jul 03, 2006






