In this podcast, fire-science professionals and biologists tell how fire-adapted woodlands benefit human societies, past and present, both within the Current River Pinery and elsewhere in Missouri. This podcast accompanies Part 4 of a self-guided tour of the Current River Pinery in Missouri’s Mark Twain National Forest. The four-part tour describes the pinery’s history, ecology, […]

In this podcast, plant and wildlife biologists discuss the long-term ecological consequences in the Current River Pinery of the early 1900s Ozark timber boom and subsequent fire suppression, and they look at how bird and plant species are faring there today. This podcast accompanies Part 3 of a self-guided tour of the Current River Pinery […]

In this podcast, a fire history researcher describes long-ago Ozark woodland conditions, as revealed by fire scars in ancient pine stumps, and a Missouri forest historian tells of the lasting impact of the early 1900s Ozark timber boom. This podcast accompanies Part 2 of a self-guided tour of the Current River Pinery in Missouri’s Mark […]

This podcast accompanies Part 1 of a self-guided tour of the Current River Pinery in Missouri’s Mark Twain National Forest. The four-part tour describes the pinery’s history, ecology, and the social benefits of fire-adapted shortleaf pine-oak woodlands. In this Part 1 podcast, join a U.S. Forest Service burn boss during a prescribed fire, then learn […]