prescribed burning
Intentional forest fires
Prescribed burning is the intentional, controlled use of fire to manage land—clearing brush, reducing wildfire fuel, restoring ecosystems, or promoting new growth.
Forest managers and farmers set fires under specific weather conditions to achieve ecological goals while minimizing risk: The park service uses prescribed burning to maintain the prairie habitat.
Also called controlled burning.
- burn permitsOfficial fire-starting authorization
- red flag warningOfficial extreme fire hazard notice
- fire seasonAnnual high-risk period for wildfires
- ecosystem restorationReviving degraded natural areas
- risk mitigationReducing exposure to threats
burn scar · fuel reduction · brush clearing · controlled burn · fire line · fire crew · community outreach · hazard assessment · carbon sequestration · mosaic pattern · firefighter training · weather monitoring · dry brush · backburn · smoke plume · native plants · pest control · prairie
- fire usescampfire, bonfire, grilling, roasting, cooking
- rangelandsgrazing, paddock, native vegetation, grassland, rest period
- fire safetyfire alarms, fire drill, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, fire drills
- land restorationreforestation, ecosystem restoration, revegetation, rewilding, land reclamation
- prairiesprairies, prairie grass, grasslands, grassland, tallgrass
- fire sciencefire behavior, fire spread, ignition, combustion, flames
prescribed burningwildfire
Uncontrolled vegetation blaze
forest fire · bushfire · conflagration · firestorm · arson