During the absence of cultural burns in California, the frequency of wildfire has increased, and land managers are looking towards the use of prescribed fire and the resurgence of indigenous practices as a tool to lessen the impact of future wildfires. Studying the effects of good fire, or fire that is used as a mitigation or restoration tool, within Carrizo Plain National Monument (CPNM) can give us unique insight into preserving an ecosystem that houses a suite of endangered species. With recent wildfires in this system, strategizing now how to mitigate impacts is crucial especially as we enter, what we predict through climate models, a drier and warmer climate. For my thesis I will follow the ecological community of CPNM before and after a prescribed and cultural burn by trapping for small mammals and implementing camera traps to observe larger fauna that passes through a study site. Opportunistically, I will also be able to compare before and after effects from the Madre Fire (2025) using previous data from the Carrizo Plain Ecosystem Project (2007-present), an annual monitoring program for Giant Kangaroo Rats and San Joaquin Antelope Squirrels, as one of our plots was in the burn scar.