(b) It is the purpose of this Act to authorize and to promote the continued use of prescribed burning for ecological, forest, wetland, wildlife management, and grassland management purposes. State, pressures from liability issues, and nuisance complaints will inhibit the use of prescribed burning. (9) As development and urbanization increase in the (8) A public education program is necessary to makeĬitizens and visitors aware of the public safety, natural resource, and economic benefits of prescribed burning and its use as a land management tool. Skilled, and experienced people is safe and often the most cost effective management technique to accomplish many ecosystem restoration objectives and ecological goals. (7) Prescribed burning in the hands of trained, (6) Proper training in the purposes, use, andĪpplication of prescribed burning is necessary to ensure maximum benefits and protection for the public. (5) Federal and State agencies promote and subsidizeįire dependent vegetative communities and recommend prescribed burning as an essential management practice for many funded programs. Reducing the fuel load reduces the risk and severity of wildfires, thereby reducing the threat of loss of life and property. (4) Prescribed burning reduces naturally occurring In these communities, prescribed burning improves and maintains the quality and quantity of wildlife habitats. Prescribed burning prepares sites for planting, removes undesirable competing vegetation, accelerates nutrient cycling, controls certain pathogens and noxious weeds, and promotes oak regeneration. (3) Forests, grasslands, and wetlands in the StateĬonstitute significant economic, biological, and aesthetic resources of statewide importance. The use of prescribed burning for management of these public and private lands is essential to maintain the specific resource values for which these areas were acquired. Organizations in the State have spent millions of dollars to purchase hundreds of thousands of acres of land for parks, wildlife areas, State forests, nature preserves and other outdoor recreational purposes. Significant loss of the State's biological diversity will occur if fire is excluded from these fire-dependent communities.
Prescribed burning is essential to the perpetuation, restoration, and management of many plant and animal communities. Periodic fire for maintenance of their ecological health. (1) Most of the State's natural communities require Therefore, the General Assembly finds that:
(a) Prescribed burning is a land management tool that benefits the safety of the public, the environment, and the economy of the State. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Prescribed Burning Act. Act 525 ILCS 37/ - Illinois Prescribed Burning Act.
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