Lakeview, Ore. – Fire managers for the Fremont-Winema National Forest, Bureau of Land Management’s Lakeview District, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Complex, and Crater Lake National Park will start fall prescribed burning.
The work is part of an ongoing effort to reduce the potential of catastrophic wildfires and improve ecosystem health.
Prescribed burns are a proactive tool used to achieve a number of purposes including:
· Reduce hazardous fuels, such as forest vegetation.
· Decrease the threat of high-intensity, high-severity wildfires.
· Reduce the risk of insect and disease outbreaks.
· Recycle nutrients that increase soil productivity.
· Improve wildlife habitat.
· Reduce fire danger to communities.
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