Plant species composition and use by deer, elk, and cattle were monitored after a 748 acre early spring wildfire which burned in the ponderosa pine type on limestone-derived soils southwest of Flagstaff, Arizona. Plants which increased or decreased after either severe or moderate intensities of fire were identified. The moderately burned area was similar in species composition to the control (unburned) areas after three growing seasons, but remained much higher in herbage production. The severely burned area showed signs of continued plant succession after three growing seasons. During the year of the fire there was no detectable difference in herbage production between any of the areas, illustrating rapid recovery of the burned areas. After the third growing season the severely burned area produced more than the moderately burned area, and both produced much more than the controls. Use of the areas by elk and cattle either could not be tested or differences could be explained by factors unrelated to the fire. Use by deer of the severely burned area exceeded the level of the control after two years. Use by deer of the moderately burned area exceeded that of the control the year of the fire. Use by deer of the severely burned area appears to be increasing, while use of the control and, to a lesser extent, the moderately burned area is decreasing. The pattern of use by deer in different years and on different areas appears to be related to the production or highly palatable plants more than to total herbage production. The fire appeared to be immediately beneficial to deer in moderately burned areas and beneficial after two years in severely burned areas. There was little detrimental effect on deer, elk, or cattle use of any of the burned areas.