Table of Contents
Introduction xi
Chapter One Fire 1
Freezing Fires 4
Fire Triangles 6
Respect Fire 9
When Firefighters Start Fires 11
Smokey's Wisdom 13
Nothing Gray about Fire Starting 15
A Visit with Harry Kallander 17
Bernalillo Watershed Prescribed Burn 19
Musings at Grand Canyon National Park 22
The Perfect Fire on Powell Plateau 24
Burning Piles 26
Burning Questions 29
SEATs Take No Back Seat in Air Tanker Business 30
Southwest Fire Fighters 33
Who Pays the Bill? 34
Addressing the Wildland Urban Interface 36
Fire in the Bosque 39
Oklahoma Fire Response 41
Farewell to My Fire Boots 42
Alaska Adventures 45
Remembering Sam Tobias 49
Thoughts on Fire and Mortality 51
Chapter Two Forestry 57
Red Belt of 1984 61
Circle A Thinning 62
Betty Jane Curry: An American Tree Farmer 63
Wildlife Inspires Backyard Tree Farmers 68
An Argument for Keeping the Baca Ranch Private 70
This Year, Get a Patriotic Christmas Tree 73
Green Side Up, Okay? 76
Creating Cottonwoods 77
Survivor Tree Symmetry 79
Living in a Log Home 82
Forester's Confession 84
Cutting through the Tangle of Private Timber Sales 86
Divining Healthy Forests 88
A Common Vision for Jemez Mountain Elk 90
Dying Pinyons 92
Observations of a Dying Pinyon Tree 94
Pining for Pinyon 96
Habitat Typing 98
White Mountain Stewardship Program 101
In Defense of Informed, Intuitive Forestry 103
Logging in on Forestry 105
Chapter Three Burn Area Recovery 109
Rehabbing the Rodeo-Chediski Fire 112
Mixing in Mexico 114
Gathering the BAER Clan 116
Laying a Log Erosion Barrier Legacy 118
She Ran Calling "Godiltla"' 120
Stream Sense 123
Sowing the Seeds of a FutureForest 125
Fencing Feats 126
Land Lessons 128
Chasing the Chainsaws 130
Tribal Tree Planting Camp 132
Reflections on a Burned Landscape 134
Cibecue Native Manages Rodeo-Chediski Recovery Activities 136
BAER Fairs Showcase Burn Restoration 138
On the National Fire Plan Awards 140
Remembering Judith 142
Frightening Lightning 143
Flash Floods 145
Bear Scare 147
Cone Counting 149
Chediski Origin Myth 151
Moist Microsites 153
Cooking Reports-A Culinary Approach 155
Transitioning to Tribal Forestry 157
A Visit to Yale 159
Confidence and Competence 161
Sawing into the Tribal Forest Protection Act 163
Five Years after Rodeo-Chediski 166
Greening the Super Bowl 169
BAER Growls 171
Changing Woman 173
Chapter Four Environmental Education 177
Instilling That Love for the Land 180
New Mexico Forestry Camp 183
Rivers of Colorado Water Watch Network 185
Project del Rio 187
Pilgrimage to Boca Chica 190
Exploring the Hundred-Acre Wood 192
A Winter's Day in the Pueblo of Santa Ana's Bosque 193
The Bosque Education Guide 195
The BEMP Intern Program 197
Alameda Tai Chi 200
Philmont Forestry 202
Contemplating Closures 204
Lessons in Fall Foliage 206
Field Guide to the Sandia Mountains 208
Striving to Follow in the Footsteps of Carson and Bruchac 210
Chapter Five Recreation 213
Pico de Orizaba: 1985-1986 Seldom Seen Expedition 215
Tomorrow's Adventurers 226
Rocky Canyon Trail Building 227
Opportunity, Privilege, and Respect 230
Mount Taylor Winter Quadrathlon 238
Rescue Training in the World of Whitewater 240
Tree Spirits in Thailand 243
Leopold Retires from Forestry Career 245
Copper and Condors 247
Acknowledgments 249
Chronological List of Articles 253
Index 257
