![smoke in the distance Chickasaw National Recreation Area prescribed fire](https://wildfiretoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/smoke-in-the-distance.jpg)
The Chickasaw National Recreation Area in Oklahoma is conducting a series of prescribed fires in order to reduce hazardous fuel and the numbers of eastern red cedars.
![slash pile of red cedar slash pile of red cedar](https://wildfiretoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/slash-pile-of-red-cedar.jpg)
![firefighter with driptorch ignites slash piles Chickasaw National Recreation Area prescribed fire](https://wildfiretoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/firefighter-with-driptorch-ignites-slash-piles.jpg)
Through the judicious use of chain saws, many of the cedars have already been reduced to slash, so the project is a little like burning a unit that has been selectively logged.
![firefighter with driptorch Chickasaw National Recreation Area prescribed fire](https://wildfiretoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/firefighter-with-driptorch.jpg)
More about the project can be found on InciWeb. This is the first time we have seen a prescribed fire on InciWeb, but it’s a great way to provide the public with information — much more than you would see in a newspaper article. And you don’t have to depend on a reporter to get the facts straight.
![Firefighters on boat Chickasaw National Recreation Area prescribed fire](https://wildfiretoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Firefighters-on-boat.jpg)