Painting the Landscape with Fire: Longleaf Pines and Fire Ecology

A revealing look at the role of prescribed burns in sustaining the longleaf pine forests of the Southeast

Fire can be a destructive, deadly element of nature, capable of obliterating forests, destroying homes, and taking lives. Den Latham's Painting the Landscape with Fire describes this phenomenon but also tells a different story, one that reveals the role of fire ecology in healthy, dynamic forests. Fire is a beneficial element that allows the longleaf forests of America's Southeast to sur...