FOR Ayears Smokey the Bear's message has been "only YOU can prevent forest fires". A history of powerful images and messages regarding fire as a destruc caused many people to question the wisdom of intentionally using fire as a management tool.
Fires can have negative consequences when they occur in the wrong places at the wrong times, but these consequences are generally related to humans and are
forest products or the destruction of personal property.
Although uncontrolled wildfires can have extreme effects on wildlife habitats, these effects of fire are temporary. Controlled or prescribed fire is a useful and importan
other areas of the United States.
Which is a positive environmental result of prescribed fires used as a land managment tool?
ARemoving scrub and vegetation would make it easier
hunters to view their prey.
B. Fire destroys animal and plant populations that might be invasive so that native species can thrive.
C. Birds nests are damanged and destroyed, causing the variety of bird populations and diversity of bird species to decline.
D
Florida forests evolve with fire, so periodic fires maintain proper plant communities, providing food and shelter for wildlife.