Prescribed fire - the intentional ignition of a habitat under controlled conditions - is one of the many ways the park manages the ecosystem at Devils Tower. Some of this forest reverted to prairie after a fire in 2013, a process known as succession.
NPS / Stephanie Carter
Devils Tower National Monument protects a small portion of the greater Black Hills ecosystem. Described as a forest amidst a sea of prairie, the diversity of habitats in such a small area is quite surprising: