Burned Ponderosa pine stand in Saguaro National Park

A forest after a fire showing scorched tree trunks and forest floor
Photo By/Credit

Molly Hunter/University of Arizona

Date Shot/Created
06/26/2010
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A ponderosa pine stand near the summit of Mica Mountain immediately following a prescribed burn in 2010. The burn was conducted as a maintenance burn in an area that had experienced four previous fires since 1943 .