Prescribed Fire Research Paper

An Average of 4-5 Million acres of U.S land are destroyed because of wildfires every year, which is an issue to say the least, so the idea of prescribed fires for the prevention of wild fires, Literally fighting fire with fire, is in my opinion, a great idea that could help solve a very important problem. Prescribed fires, small controlled fires designed to destroy potential fuel for wild fires, also have the benefit of creating a more diverse ecosystem, and controlling potentially damaging Invasive species, as well as the obvious use, preventing dangerous wild fires from destroying everything in their path.
First, let’s discuss the main reason. Prescribed burns destroy flammable materials in a controlled environment, preventing wildfires before they happen, by getting rid of materials the fire could spread to. The author of a federal resource on fire prevention states that a prescribed burn preformed
A benefit of prescribed fires, is the opportunity other species can acquire when the dominant species is burned away, that being to thrive in a relatively uncontested area of land, that has been enriched by the recycling of nutrients back into the soil from the ash of the old dominant species in the burn area. A Colorado research paper explains that in their findings, “…prescribed burns… thinned out dominant plants so that other species could emerge” (Benefits of Prescribed Burning 3).
Diversifing the ecosystem protects against the risk of an overpopulation of a Dominant species which could lead to bigger problems, like overcrowding. Critics Of Prescriptive Burning claim that fire is too unpredictable to only burn the areas you want, but that is why burn specialists take into account many factors, including wind, humidity, temperature, moisture in the vegetation, etcetera, to make sure that a Prescribed fire only burns what needs to be