‘Prescribed Burns’ Could Aid Forests in US Southeast, Experts Say

FILE -A member of the Bridge Crew watches over a fire line, Jan. 6, 2010, in case the prescribed burn jumps the line and ignites on the other side of Kings Pinnacle in Crowders Mountain State Park in Gastonia, NC. FILE - A prescribed burn takes place, April 5, 2023, in North Carolina. FILE - A longleaf pine tree is seen on Jesse Wimberley's property Nov. 8, 2023, in West End, NC.

Jesse Wimberley burns the woods with neighbors.