Prescribed burns are a natural process to ensure ecosystem health and reduce the risk of wildfire

A firefighter overlooking a prescribed fire at a nature preserve

Prescribed burning or prescribed fire is a safe and economical way to apply a natural process to ensure ecosystem health and reduce the risk of wildfire. This process is a time-honored, universally applied tactic used by land managers across the globe.

To help manage the biological integrity of more than 64,000 acres of environmentally sensitive lands acquired through the Jan K. Platt Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection Program (ELAPP), Hillsborough County Conservation & Environmental Lands Management (CELM) routinely conducts prescribed fires on County conservation lands.

This keeps native habitats within nature preserves and conservation parks thriving for wildlife and residents to enjoy.

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