Before and after photos show the effectiveness of a prescribed burn conducted on Friday by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.
MNRF crews set fire to the debris created by a blowdown during a storm at Sakwite Lake northeast of Fort Frances, and east of Highway 502.
The ministry says that, from an ecological standpoint, burning away the fine and medium fuels of storm-damaged trees allows for better access to sunlight and creates a nutrient-rich seed bed for aerial seeding that will be conducted over the year this winter.
Prescribed burns give new trees a head-start in getting rooted in the ground, as they don't have to grow beneath a deep map of blowdown.
