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Wildfire

by Ferin Davis Anderson, Stephanie Sammartino McPherson

"Environmental scientist Ferin Anderson and author Stephanie Sammartino McPherson examine how Indigenous people, farmers, and forestry departments have used fire to manage resources and how climate change is impacting the future of fire"--

FORMAT
Hardcover
CONDITION
Brand New


Publisher Description

Wildfire is a natural process that takes place in forests and grasslands all over the world. In dry conditions, a single spark can rapidly transform into flames that stretch for miles and sweep across the landscape, burning away everything in their path. Although commonly seen as destructive and deadly, fire is a necessary part of ecosystems; they refresh the land and allow for new plant growth. Environmental scientist Ferin Davis Anderson and author Stephanie Sammartino McPherson examine how Indigenous people, farmers, and forestry departments have used fire to manage resources; why climate change is impacting the frequency and intensity of wildfires; and what the future of fire might look like.

Author Biography

Ferin Davis Anderson is an environmental scientist and an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa/Ojibwe/Anishinaabe/Mitchifs in North Dakota. She works as the Supervisor of Environmental Sciences for the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community's Land and Natural Resources Department where she is responsible for stewarding and restoring natural areas for the SMSC. Ferin weaves traditional knowledge and western science together to make more holistic management decisions, including using fire as an ecological and cultural tool to achieve beneficial and healing outcomes. Witnessing Indigenous people revitalize and reconnect with this practice has been one of the greatest gifts of her career. Stephanie Sammartino McPherson wrote her first children's story in college. She enjoyed the process so much that she's never stopped writing. A former teacher and freelance newspaper writer, she has written more than thirty books and numerous magazine stories. Her recent books include Hothouse Earth: The Climate Crisis and the Importance of Carbon Neutrality, winner of the Green Earth Book Award for young adult nonfiction, and Breakthrough: Katalin Karik and the mRNA Vaccine. Stephanie and her husband, Richard, live in Virginia.

Review

"Advocacy for Indigenous fire-management practices, a thorough account of wildfire science, information on firefighting--and a blazing black-and-orange color scheme--make this book a hot ticket. . . Skillfully introduces the complex story of wildfires, Indigenous knowledge, and climate change."--Kirkus Reviews-- (2/12/2024 12:00:00 AM)

Details

ISBN1728424003
Author Stephanie Sammartino McPherson
Year 2024
ISBN-13 9781728424002
Format Hardcover
Publication Date 2024-04-02
Subtitle The Culture, Science, and Future of Fire
Country of Publication United States
Illustrations Glossary; Bibliography; Index; Graphs; Charts; Illustrations, color
Audience Teenage / Young adult
US Release Date 2024-04-02
DEWEY 363.379
Pages 144
Audience Age 13-18
Publisher Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
Imprint Twenty-First Century Books

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