Florida: A Fire Survey (To the Last Smoke)

Synopsis

The Tallahassee Region Became The Ignition Point For The Fire Revolution Of The 1960s; Today, It Remains The Silicon Valley Of Prescription Burning. How And Why This Happened Is The Topic Of A Fire Reconnaissance That Begins In The Panhandle And Follows Floridian Fire South To The Everglades--provided By Publisher. Greater Tallahassee -- Hearth: American Fire's Silicon Valley -- After The Revolution: Tall Timbers Research Station -- Into The Open Air: The National Interagency Prescribed Fire Training Center -- Our Pappies Are Still Burning The Woods: The Southern Culture Behind Prescribed Fire -- Not Even Past: Ichauway Plantation And The Jones Ecological Research Center -- The Florida Forest Service: Florida's Fire Fulcrum -- Interlude: The Many Reasons And Singular Reality Of Florida Fire -- Panhandle And Peninsula -- The More Things Change: Eglin Air Force Base -- Regime Change: St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge -- East Is East, West Is West: Deseret Ranches -- A Tale Of Two Landscapes: Myakka River State Park And Babcock-webb Wildlife Management Area -- Foot In The Black: The Nature Conservancy In Florida -- Fire 101 At Star Fleet Academy: Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge -- Under The Dome: Big Cypress National Preserve -- The Everburns: Everglades National Park -- Epilogue: Florida Between Two Fires. Stephen J. Pyne. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web.