Burn to be "Wild"

Burn at the Nature Conservancy's Splinter Hill Bog Preserve in Baldwin County to improve gopher tortoise habitat

Winter burn to restore the mountain longleaf pine ecosystem at the Nature Conservancy's Kathy Stiles Freeland Bibb County Glades Preserve

Visit the website link below which describes in great detail the importance of prescribed burning in California.

http://www.restorethemendo.org

As you can see, control/prescribed burning is recognized nationally as an important tool in habitat restoration. Check out Alabama's own fire advocacy group - the Alabama Prescribed Fire Council at

http://www.alpfc.org