The Year Yellowstone Burned

A Twenty-Five-Year Perspective

by Jeff Henry

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Pub Date May 01 2015 | Archive Date Apr 24 2015

Rowman & Littlefield | Taylor Trade Publishing

Nonfiction (Adult) | Outdoors & Nature

Description

The Yellowstone fires of 1988 consumed nearly 800,000 acres—36 percent of the park. In the years following, spectacular wildflowers rose from the ashes and trees rapidly reclaimed the landscape. In this twenty-five-year look back at the fires, author and photographer Jeff Henry recalls not only the summer of 1988, when he witnessed and photographed nearly every aspect of the fires, but also the years since as nature healed the charred landscape. A beautiful book that depicts nature as simultaneously malevolent and beneficent, The Year Yellowstone Burned demonstrates the resilience of one of our continent’s most dynamic ecosystems.

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Marketing Plan

·Management of the Yellowstone fires of 1988 was highly controversial, as park officials struggled with a “let it burn” philosophy while dealing with local businesses and politicians outraged that not enough was being done to protect lives and property.
·Jeff Henry has worked as a firefighter and seasonal ranger both, providing a unique experience from which to explain these fires and their legacy.

Audience: Armchair ecologists, photographers, nature lovers, and natural disaster fiends.