Controlled burning isn't always destructive but at times it isn't in the best of interest for every forest. Fire causes change, and change has it's own value. Certain forest biomes benefit more than others. Change by fire is necessary to maintain many healthy ecosystems. A controlled burn also helps to restore the environment's natural terrain.
Destructive wildfire was prevented by burning under safer conditions with the necessary tools for the control. An appropriately controlled burn would reduce fuels that reduce fuels that fed dangerous fires and assure that the next fire season would not bring destructive, property damaging fire.
In Hobbs State Park, Arkansas State Park rangers burned 750 acres of forest floor. The main purpose was to turn all of the combustible leaf litter into ash. It will cut down the likely hood of a wildfire. The Arkansas State Park service monitored the fires all day. The state says it will be amazing what will spring up once these flames die down.
Fire is a natural part of both forest and grassland ecology and controlled fire can be a tool for foresters. Hazard reduction or controlled burning is conducted during the cooler months to reduce fuel buildup and decrease the likelihood of serious hotter fires.
Overall I think "Controlled" burning is okay, I'm pretty sure you need a permit to burn something as big as like the prairie.
Sources: Wikipedia.com, About.com, 5newsonline.com, and aces.edu
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