*Prescribed Fire:The Native Americans taught the early European settlers how to use as a way to and to improve hunting.
*These intentional fires often got out of hand causing .
*combining those wildfires with natural and other wildfires produced a serious problem in the community. As a result, the use of fire as a
tool fell into disfavor.
*In the beginning of the 20th century, foresters began to use fire as a management tool in southern slash pine forests. reduce the litter on the forest floor, making the likelihood of wildfire

Fire as a Forest Management Tool