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Stephen J. Pyne

Commentaries, otherwise unpublished

Craig C. Chandler, a remembrance

September 21, 2018
Tags: Craig Chandler, Fire history, fire research
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Craig C. Chandler, a personal observation


We first met in late 1977 at his office in Rosslyn when he was director of Forest Fire and Atmospheric Science Research for the U.S. Forest Service. I wasn’t sure what to expect. We chatted freely and when I left I was better informed, except  Read More 
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The Big Blowout - a 30-year retrospective on the 1988 Yellowstone fires. An extract from To the Last Smoke, Vol. 3, The Northern Rockies

July 24, 2018
Tags: Fire history, Yellowstone fires 1988, Yellowstone National Park
Everyone agreed at the time that the fires of 1988 were a monumental event, not only for the Northern Rockies but for the nation; and that judgment has persisted. For years afterward the big burns were the pivot of conferences, training sessions, scientific studies, and fire cache chatter. Twenty years later they merited a retrospective  Read More 
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