Fire and Timucuan Preserve

Fire along the red trail at Cedar Point.

NPS Photo

Several Timucuan tribes used fire or pyrotechnology to clear land. Wildfires have been started by lighting in times of drought. Fire has been a force of nature at work in this landscape long before the park was established. Learn about how the park plans for, prevents, controls, and seeks to understand fire.

Timucuan Preserve Fire Management Plan Environmental Assessment

Effectiveness of Fuels Treatments Yields Success at Timucuan National Preserve

Timucuan Preserve Hosts Open House for Fire Management Plan

 

Wildfires, Prescribed Fires, & Fuel

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  A misunderstood force of nature.

  National Parks and Fire

  Learn about the national program.

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  Meet the Folks who Study Fire

  Fire Scientists

  Videos about the work of fire scientist in the National Parks