Just as fire is an integral part of the forest, fire management is an integral part of forest management.
Fire management is the process of planning, preventing and fighting fires to protect people, property and the forest resource.
It also involves fire to attain forestry, wildlife and land-use objectives.
Forest managers sometimes use prescribed burning to get rid of built-up fuel loads in forested areas.
These planned and controlled burns are referred to as “prescribed fires.”
They are a versatile management tool, often used to reduce the risk of large, uncontrollable fires breaking out.
Prescribed burning is also used to improve wildlife habitat or meet other resource management objectives.
