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What We Do
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It’s important to understand that wildfires are a natural occurrence and are essential to maintaining healthy forests and grasslands. |
| The natural fire regimes on public lands, however, have been disrupted by decades of working to suppress nearly every fire that ignited. |
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Today, we use prescribed treatments, such as controlled burns, to reduce fuel loads. |
| This not only lessens the intensity and severity should a wildfire occur, but also returns nutrients to soil, stimulates new vegetative growth, and improves habitat for many birds and animals. |
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Learn more about what we do here:
Wildfire Prevention and Suppression
Prescribed Fire
Wildland Fire Use
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Last updated:
September 9, 2008
