The Fire Cycle: Fuel, Fire, Regeneration

Fuel:
Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge brims with biomass before a burn in May 2006.

Fire:
Fire is an integral part of this habitat; burning helps reduce fuel loads and restore crucial nutrients to the soil.

Regeneration:
Two months after the fire raged, the land has sprouted grasses crucial to deer and other species that sustain predators like the Florida panther.