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Prescribed Burns

  • Prof. Mike Stambaugh seen here tending to a prescribed burn at Marais des Cygnes Wildlife Area, part of an oak woodland restoration experiment in Kansas.
    Ozarks at Large Stories
    New Multimedia StoryMap reveals history of fire in the Ozarks
    Jacqueline Froelich
    Researchers at the University of Missouri - Columbia have documented historical evidence of widespread and recurring wildfires in the Ozarks by examining pine stumps and snags, some over 500 years old. The findings have been assembled into a multimedia presentation titled, “Fire in the Ozarks: Burning by humans has shaped the landscape,” published by the Oak Woodlands & Forests Fire Consortium and hosted by ArcGIS StoryMaps.