Books by Stephen F. Arno

  • Flames in Our Forest
    Flames in Our Forest Stephen F. Arno

    Jazz on the river

    Flames in Our Forest

    Disaster or Renewal?

    Stephen F. Arno

    Shaped by fire for thousands of years, the forests of the western United States are as adapted to periodic fires as they are to the region's soils and climate. Our widespread practice of ignoring the ...

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  • Mimicking Nature's Fire
    Mimicking Nature's Fire Stephen F. Arno

    Jazz on the river

    Mimicking Nature's Fire

    Restoring Fire-Prone Forests In The West

    Stephen F. Arno

    The magnificent stands of old-growth trees that characterize the forests of western North America depend on periodic fires for their creation or survival. Deprived of that essential disturbance process ...

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About the Author

Stephen F. Arno, now retired, was research forester with the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station. He is co-author of Flames in our Forest: Disaster or Renewal (Island Press), and has been restoring his family's uneven-aged ponderosa pine forest for 30 years.