Will The Forest Recover?
Incident: Cougar Creek Wildfire
Released: 7/30/2009
Will the forest recover
The Cougar Creek Fire is in the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness Area. While the Cougar Creek Fire is being actively suppressed, this area is 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.
