Current River Pinery Tour

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, and the social benefits of fire-adapted shortleaf pine-oak woodlands. SEE CURRENT RIVER PINERY PHOTOS AND MORE For a printable map and tour directions, click here. The post Part 4: Managed Woodlands Benefit Society appeared first on Oak Fire Science.

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 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. SEE CURRENT RIVER PINERY PHOTOS AND MORE For a printable map and tour directions, click here. The post Part 3: Fire-adapted ecosystems falter without flames appeared first on Oak Fire Science.

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 Twain National Forest. The four-part tour describes the pinery’s history, ecology, and the social benefits of fire-adapted shortleaf pine-oak woodlands. SEE CURRENT RIVER PINERY PHOTOS AND MORE For a printable map and tour directions, click here. The post Part 2: The Decline of Shortleaf Pine appeared first on Oak Fire Science.

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 from a historian about the open woodlands of the past. SEE CURRENT RIVER PINERY PHOTOS AND MORE For a printable map and tour directions, click here. The post Part 1: Welcome to the Current River Pinery appeared first on Oak Fire Science.