Although the chemical reaction known as fire is inherently neither good nor bad, the circumstances surrounding its ignition, its burn rate, its location, and its intensity are.

Prescribed Fires are Good Fires.

As one of the most important natural agents of change, fire plays a vital role in maintaining healthy ecosystems. Prescribed fire reintroduces the beneficial effects of fire into an ecosystem, producing the kinds of vegetation and landscapes we want, and reducing the hazard of catastrophic wildfire caused by excessive fuel buildup. Learn More about Prescribed Fire

Wildfires are Bad Fires.

They destroy wilderness, property, and lives. As more homes are built in and around forested areas, and as more people take to our country's wildland areas, wildfires are also on the rise. Through discarded smoking products, sparks from equipment in operation, arced powerlines, campfires, arson, debris burning and other careless means, wildfires are often ignited, and its fires such as these – unplanned, uncontrolled and unnecessary – that could be most easily prevented. Learn More

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