Will The Forest Recover?
Incident: Lonesome Complex Wildland Fire
Released: 10/1/2008
Will the forest recover
Most of the Lonesome Complex has burned in the Sky Lakes Wilderness and Crater Lake National Park. While the Lonesome Complex is being actively suppressed, both of these areas are generally managed to promote natural processes, which include fire as a natural and normal part of a healthy environment. Although blackened now, burned forest areas do provide habitat for many species, and these areas will again develop into older forests as time goes on. Many species are dependent on fires for reproduction and survival.
