When the Smoke Clears, Dinner Is Served: How Prescribed Fires Help Wildlife

The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife is highlighting how prescribed fire can quickly turn a recently burned area into a productive feeding ground for wildlife, sharing an example from the Frances Crane Wildlife Management Area. “When the smoke clears, dinner is served!” the agency wrote, describing a hen that was “spotted foraging for insects just one day after we conducted a prescribed fire” at the site.

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