Introduction
 
PART I. Wildfire Myths
 
PART II. Wildfire: Perspectives and Visions
Introduction: Humans and Fire
The Fire of Life: Thinking About the Biological Basis for Fire \ Stephen J. Pyne, Ph.D.
A Spiral Dance: The Necessity of Fire to Wildness \ Mollie Matteson
Fire and Native Peoples: A Natural or Humanized Landscape? \ Thomas R. Vale, Ph.D.
Coyote Wildfire: Evolving Firefighters into Fire Guiders \ Joe Fox, Ph.D.
Incendiary Language: How Words Affect Perception
Hot News: Media Coverage of Wildfire \ Conrad Smith, Ph.D.
Don’t Get Hosed: How Political Framing Influences Fire Policy \ Les AuCoin
Lifetimes with Fire: A Place in the Wildland Interface \ Gary Snyder
 
PART III. Fire Ecology: Stories and Studies
Introduction: Fire-Adapted Landscapes
The Yellowstone Fires of 1988: A Living Wilderness \ George Wuerthner
Fire Ecology of the Sierra Nevada: Forests Born to Burn \ Jan W. van Wagtendonk
Wildfire Management on a Human-Dominated Landscape: California Chaparral Wildfires \ Jon E. Keeley, PhD. and C. J. Fotheringham
Fire in the Klamath-Siskiyou Ecoregion: Protecting and Restoring the Fire Mosaic \ Dominick A. DellaSala, Ph.D.
Fire in the Southwest: A Historical Context \ Tom Ribe
Fire in the East: Welcoming Back a Native Son \ George Wuerthner
 
PART IV. (Un)Healthy Forest Policy: Suppression, Salvage, and Scurrilous Solutions
Introduction: Vested Interests as Purveyors of Forest Health
Logging and Wildfire: Ecological Differences and the Need to Preserve Large Fires \ George Wuerthner
After the Smoke Clears: Ecological Impacts of Salvage Logging \ James R. Strittholt, Ph.D.
Conventional Salvage Logging: The Loss of Ecological Reason and Economic Restraint \ Chris Maser
Pyro Cows: The Role of Livestock Grazing in Worsening Fire Severity \ George Wuerthner
 
PART V. The New Gravy Train: The Emergence of the Fire-Military-Industrial Complex
Introduction: The Flawed Economics of Fire Suppression
Avoiding a New “Conspiracy of Optimism”: The Economics of 224 Forest Fuel Reduction Strategies \ Thomas Michael Power, Ph.D.
Money to Burn: Wildfire and the Budget \ Randal O'Toole
The War on Wildfire: Firefighting and the Militarization of Forest Fire Management \ Timothy Ingalsbee, Ph.D.
 
PART VI. Eliminating the Smokescreen: Toward an Intelligent Fire Policy
Introduction: Learning to Live with Fire-Dependent Ecosystems \ Timothy Ingalsbee, Ph.D.
Keep the Greenfire Burning: Deep Ecology \ Crystal Stanionis and Dennis Glick
Sprawling Into Disaster: The Growing Impact of Rural Residential Development on Wildland Fire Management in the Greater Yellowstone Area
Burning Down the House: The Role of Disaster Aid in Subsidizing Catastrophe \ John Krist
The Community Protection Zone: Defending Homes and Communities from the Threat of Forest Fire \ Brian Nowicki and Tod Schulke
 
PART VII. Time to Retire Smokey Bear
Afterword
The Ultimate Firefight: Changing Hearts and Minds \ Andy Kerr
Smokey the Bear Sutra
 
A Glossary of Euphemisms and Spin
A Glossary of Wildland Fire Terms
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index