Given the amount of rain I’ve been seeing while here attending Ohio’s The Biggest Week in American Birding, there’s not much chance of any significant wildland fires breaking out; however if one did, thanks to the recent publication of Stephen J. Pyne’s The Northeast; A Fire Survey I take comfort in knowing that I could quickly acquire an understanding of the reasons why it may have done so, the history of past fires in the region, and gain a bit of insight into how it might behave as well.
The… hang on, let me count… eighth volume in his To The Last Smoke series, this new volume continues to build upon what has become the definitive collection of popularly accessible published works on the subject of wildland fires. For all interested in the history and ecology of such fires, and particularly for those living in the northestern U.S., this is a book of wich to take note.
