Controlled burning can definitely benefit wildlife. I live next to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, which has tens of thousands of acres of pine forests. They burn all of it every year, which greatly benefits the entire ecosystem here. It keeps the forests "healthy", and therefore the animals that call it home, especially the red-cockaded woodpecker, which is about to be removed from the endangered list because of the huge benefits to them from controlled burning.
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I live in North Carolina, as well. Controlled burns instead of fire suppression has worked wonders on the pine savanna revitalization. I remember several years back large projects initiated to plant long-leafed pines in the Eastern part of the state. Then projects to restore Bobwhite Quails populations to these habitats. These ecosystems had taken a toll with the suppression of fires. It is nice to work with nature and not against it.
Thanks for the great article @valth !
Thanks for sharing your experience with us, @kiristin. It's really great to see that these controlled burn conservation experiments are working out as planned.
Thanks for sharing your local expertise with us, @scottrogers63! I'm not familiar with the burning of the pine forests in North Carolina, so this was interesting to read about :)