Park Maintenance Staff went through the sites where newly established Red Cedar and White Pine trees were found, and raked the grasses and other fuels away from them. This prevented these trees from being damaged by the fire. Normally fire would cycle through a savannah ever 5-20 years, and the young trees would have had a chance to get large enought to survive the fire. Since many of these young trees were planted, the park wanted to be sure that they would be protected. The only way to tell is to see the dead non-savannah shrubs that died in the fire.
New growth is already several inches high.