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Fire in the Piney Woods Texas lookout towers, the Forest Service, and the Civilian Conservation Corps /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cavallerano, Edward, 1980- (Author)
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: College Station [Texas]: Texas A&M University Press, [2025]
Series:Texas experience (Texas A & M University Press)
Subjects:
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) > History.
Forest fires > Prevention and control.
Fire lookout stations > Texas, East > History.
Fire lookout stations > Texas, East > Design and construction.
Fire prevention > Texas > History.
Forests and forestry > Texas, East > Safety measures.
Forest management > Texas, East.
Forests & Rainforests.
Ecosystems & Habitats.
NATURE.
Forestry.
Agriculture.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING.
Fire Science.
Parks & Campgrounds.
TRAVEL.
State & Local.
United States.
HISTORY.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • A note on nomenclature and field ethics
  • Introduction
  • The breaking wave: forestry in Texas
  • Neutral ground: geography and climate
  • Forest protection and fire control
  • Cussed and discussed: the 1920s
  • Come up sometime: the 1930s
  • Guardians of the Piney Woods: the 1950s
  • Unit 308: the 1960s
  • A lot of smoke but no fire: the 1970s
  • Potshots or pearls: the 1980s
  • Epilogue
  • Appendices
  • 1. Beaumont Quadrangle
  • 2. Palestine Quadrangle
  • 3. Tyler Quadrangle
  • 4. Texarkana Quadrangle
  • 5. Lost Pines
  • 6. Pier Dimensions
  • Notes
  • Index.