![Fire takes over a grassy forest floor, leaving black ash and smoke in the already burned area.](https://media.audubon.org/2023-09/web_Aud_Carvers-Creek_230419-08789_Photo-Evan-Barrientos.jpg?width=233&height=200&auto=webp&quality=10&fit=crop&disable=upscale&enable=upscale&blur=100)
Meet the Fire Starters Restoring One of North America’s Greatest Forests
October 02, 2023 —
In the Southeast, the fates of longleaf pines and Red-cockaded Woodpeckers are inextricably tied. To save both, we must remember how to embrace fire.