The Cold Canyon Fire Journals Green Shoots and Silver Linings in the Ashes

Braiding together illustration, observation, and reportage, artist and naturalist Robin Lee Carlson offers a watershed work that will forever change how we live with wildfire in the WestWhen the nature reserve at Cold Canyon went up in flames-a casualty of California's raging fire seasons-Robin Lee Carlson embarked on a five-year journey to learn the legacy of the burn. Spurred by scientific curiosity, Carlson's deep digs into the natural history of this fire-swept ecosystem unearth mind-bending revelations about nature's wild wisdom. Her transformative story of fire as a force for renewal underscores what scientists are urgently working to understand: that in California's wildfire ecologies, fire functions as an elemental power that does not destroy the diverse habitats of California, but regenerates them. Richly illustrated in pen, ink, and watercolor, this snapshot of Cold Canyon's wildlife emerging from the ashes introduces the reader to the wonder of ecological kinship and its cycles in our wild lands. Carlson's artistic and scientific journey ultimately leads her (and us) to a new understanding of how we must live in relationship to fire and to the land. With fire suppression and climate change undermining the essential regenerative work of fire in our ecosystem, Carlson's story is an urgent one-one that shows us how cultivating intimacy with our natural world teaches us what we need to do to sustain it.

ISBN:	9781597145848
Publisher:	Heyday
Imprint:	Heyday
Published date:	02 Aug 2022
DEWEY:	363.379
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	288
Weight:	558g
Height:	229mm
Width:	178mm
Spine width:	22mm

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