Fire ecologists, wildlife biologists, and forest scientists tell us that fire helps restore forests and provides for biological richness favored by wildlife like Roosevelt elk and black-backed woodpeckers.
Fire produces dead trees that provide future homes for birds and small mammals. These snag forests are of critical importance for wildlife, for shade and for stabilizing the soils for the forest as it comes back from the ashes. There are many species that also benefit from fire including the knobcone pine, which requires the heat from fire in order to disperse its seeds from its cones.
