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August 2009 Missouri Scientist Showcase Conference CallChilton Creek Preserve Fire Study
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 Doug Ladd © TNC |
In August of 2009, the Conservancy presented an overview and project update of the Chilton Creek Preserve project from Missouri’s Director of Conservation Science.
If you would like to listen to a replay of this half hour conversation, download the mp3 recording here.
A six-person Conservancy botany crew descended on the Chilton Creek Preserve in the summer of 2009 to see what’s growing on 250 plots that have been subjected to different controlled burn schedules over the last decade. The survey is part of a joint effort between The Nature Conservancy and the Missouri Department of Conservation to ensure sustainable management of the forests in the Missouri Ozarks. The information gathered will provide valuable insight into the effects of different fire regimes on native plant diversity and quality.
Located along the Current River in Shannon and Carter counties, Chilton Creek is the Conservancy’s largest Missouri preserve at more than 5,000 acres. Home to more than 700 species of native flowering plants, Chilton Creek Preserve is a living laboratory for testing conservation management strategies on Missouri’s ancient Ozarks landscapes.
Our speaker:
Doug Ladd has been involved with conservation planning and natural area assessment, management, restoration and research for more than 30 years, with particular emphasis on vegetation, ecological restoration and fire ecology. Doug is a research associate at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis and the Morton Arboretum in Chicago. He has written two plant field guides: North Woods Wildflowers and Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers, and is a co-author of Discover Natural Missouri and Distribution of Illinois Vascular Plants.
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