Prescribed Fire

What is Prescribed Fire?

Prescribed Fire is a wildland fire originating from a planned ignition in accordance with applicable laws, policies, and regulations to meet specific objectives. 

On the Monongahela National Forest, we use it as a tool for: 

• fuels reduction,
• vegetation management, and
• wildlife habitat maintenance.

Planning a prescribed burn begins months in advance. A written, approved prescribed fire plan must be completed, control measures such as firelines must be established, notification to the public must be made, and mitigation measure to protect values at risk must be set prior to ignition.

Visit the national website for more information on prescribed fire within the Forest Service.

Planned Prescribed Fires

These are the planned prescribed fires for the current year for the Monongahela National Forest:

• Lockridge: Marlinton-White Sulphur District - 2,439 acres
• Upper Greenbrier North: Greenbrier District - 465 acres
• Nursery Bottom: Cheat-Potomac District - 55 acres
• Chestnut Ridge: Greenbrier District - 1,579 acres
• One Mile: Marlinton-White Sulphur District - 724 acres
• Upper John B. Hollow: Cheat-Potomac District - 209 acres
• North Fork: Marlinton-White Sulphur District - 331 acres
• County Line: Marlinton-White Sulphur District - 472 acres
• Lick Mountain: Marlinton-White Sulphur District - 448 acres

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