Elk use of aspen alones was deterred only one winter following prescribed fire. Numbers of aspen suckers on the nine burned clones increased 178 percent in 3 years, but the response varied greatly among clones. Elk browsing the third winter after burning averaged 44 percent of current annual growth, and eliminated incremental height growth from the previous summer. It is not yet known whether prescribed burning can rejuvenate decadent aspen stands under existing elk browsing pressures.