Little Hole prescribed burn at El Malpais National Monument, 2004
Prescribed burning is done to reduce fuels, reintroduce fire to the ecosystem and manage park lands.
Flames around Ponderosa pine
U.S. National Park Service
Fire: Little Hole RX (September 2004)
Park: El Malpais National Monument
Caption: "The Badlands; Forged in the Firey Furnace of Mother Earth"
Credit: Mike Kessler
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