The big burn

Description:

Narrates the struggles of the overmatched rangers against the implacable fire of August, 1910, and Teddy Roosevelt's pioneering conservation efforts that helped turn public opinion permanently in favor of the forests, though it changed the mission of the forest service with consequences felt in the fires of today.

subjects: Nature conservation,  Conservationists,  Presidents,  United States,  United States. National Park Service,  Forest fires,  Forest conservation,  National parks and reserves,  Biography,  History,  Wildfires,  Disasters,  National forests,  National parks,  Waldbrand,  Nordweststaaten,  nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2009-11-08,  New York Times bestseller,  Roosevelt, theodore, 1858-1919,  Pinchot, gifford, 1865-1946,  United states, national park service,  National parks and reserves, united states,  Montana, history,  Idaho, history,  History, united states,  Nature