Julie Robbins, natural resource manager, Environmental Branch, Installation and Environment Division, MCLB Albany, sets fire to underbrush during a prescribed burning of base timber, recently. The burning reduces fuel loads to mitigate wildfires, improves habitat for wildlife and reduces populations of undesirable plants and insects. - Julie Robbins, natural resource manager, Environmental Branch, Installation and Environment Division, MCLB Albany, sets fire to underbrush during a prescribed burning of base timber, recently. The burning reduces fuel loads to mitigate wildfires, improves habitat for wildlife and reduces populations of undesirable plants and insects.