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The benefits of prescribed burning

The benefits of prescribed burning

Update: 2025-08-22
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The threat from wildfire is growing and prescribed burning -- the controlled application of fire to a specific area of land to achieve defined management objectives -- is an important and traditional tool for maintaining healthy ecosystems and reducing wildfire risks. J. Morgan Varner, director of research and senior scientist at Tall Timbers in Tallahassee, Florida, discusses prescribed burning with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.

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The benefits of prescribed burning

The benefits of prescribed burning

Llewellyn King