[Scpg] Best permaculture design ideas for fire country?

[Permacltur at aol.com]

I've been lurking on this thread for a while expecting someone to mention 
Maureen Glimore's book.   No one has so I've dug out a post I sent to my online 
permaculture class when we were covering Design for Catastrophe.   Since the 
book was written in California and based on California experience, you folks 
should know about it.

Edited post below:

> "Cynthia found one of the books Maureen Gilmer gave to me after she 
> interviewed me for her radio program, several years ago.   The title of this one is 
> The Wildfire Survival Guide (with an extensive subtitle) © 1995, Taylor 
> Publishing, 1550 Mockingbird Ln., Dallas TX   75235 (USA).   ISBN: 0-87833-901-9
> 
Thumbing through the book just now, I see numerous species lists, including 
fire resistant species with three degrees of resistance indicated, plants to 
AVOID in a firescape, etc.   

This book is the best single treatment that I have seen.   It is endorsed by 
the National Commission on Wildfire Disasters, though it does not seem to list 
the address of that Commission. Maybe someone in the class will do a web 
search.

The address of the (US) National Interagency Fire Center IS provided.   

While the book is more or less biased toward information relevant to the 
California Sierra Nevada region, most of the information is broadly applicable or 
can be easily transposed to other places where slightly different species may 
be best suited and where landforms and climate are different.   The book 
definitely addresses all climate zones, but Maureen naturally writes about what she 
knows best.

Dan"

I hope that this is helpful.

For Mother Earth




Dan Hemenway



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