His articles have appeared in Vanity Fair, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications. Gary Ferguson has written many books on nature and science, including Hawks Rest, which won both the PNBA and the MPIBA Book Award for Nonfiction, Decade of the Wolf, The Great Divide, and The Carry Home. Share a deeper understanding of our time of fire and all that we can learn from it. Wildfires have a profound impact on our land, our economy, the welfare of wildlife, and the livability of the American West. Readers will learn about the heroic efforts of those responsible for fighting fires and how nature reacts in the aftermath of flames. Land on Fire by bestselling nature writer Gary Ferguson explores the research being done to find an answer to this question. How can we get along better with fire and harness its healing power without unleashing unchecked destruction? Climate change and increasingly severe periods of drought are causing wildfire season to burn longer and hotter, affecting more and more people and property. We have entered a new era in which wildfire is a more potent force than ever before and a primary player in the changing landscape of the American West. But fire is a natural process that can be a powerful agent of healing and renewal, able to return nutrients to the soil and keep forest diseases and harmful insects in check.

No one will argue about the destructive potential of wildfire-we see it in the news all too often.

Land on Fire by Gary Ferguson