Land on Fire

“Thee massive fire seasons of recent years make it clear we need to think hard about the future of our forests. This comprehensive book offers some conversation starters for how we might reimagine our relationship with the woods.” —BILL MCKIBBEN, author of Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet “For readers seeking a nuanced understanding of America's increasingly extreme wildfi re problem, this is a superb overview. It’s just the sort of book I wish someone had handed me when I became a fire lookout fifteen years ago. I learned much from it. You will too.” —PHILIP CONNORS, author of Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout “Land on Fire provides a complete view of what it is like to deal with the extreme nature of wildfi res out of control, and what the future may bring.” —BOB FRY, Type 2 Incident Commander, Northern Rockies “Ferguson provides an incisive rendering of fi re ecology, the social impacts of wildfi re, and an inside view of the state-of-the-art science and technology behind today’s heroic firefighting efforts.” —DR. CRISTINA EISENBERG, chief scientist, Earthwatch Institute; author of The Carnivore Way: Coexisting with and Conserving North America’s Predators