Prescribed burns can help maintain healthy ecosystems.
Fire is a natural, common process in various ecosystems and is important to preserve a healthy forest and the quality of plant and animal growth. Many plants and animals have not only accommodated to fire but truly depend on it such as the lodge pole pine which requires fire to support in the scattering of its seeds. Naturally occurring fires also support to administer pests and disease under control by eliminating the pathogens contaminating a stand.
