Ep. 194 - McRee Anderson - The History of Fire Suppression on the Ozark Landscape (And Its Negative Consequences)
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For thousands of years, fire shaped the Ozarks: clearing land, nourishing native plants, and creating the vibrant ecosystems once teeming with quail, wildflowers, and red-headed woodpeckers. But sometime around 1920, everything changed. ..
In this episode, we sit down with McRee Anderson with The Nature Conservancy, to talk about the history of fire in the Ozarks, what the landscape looked like before fire suppression, and how controlled burns are helping to restore the balance.
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