Segment Number: 703

Episode 703
State(s): Florida

Forest plantations in Florida are managed with prescribed fires that benefit wildlife and the owner’s bottom line.

Episode 703
State(s): Pennsylvania

Landowners in Pennsylvania work with government support to provide critical forest habitat for threatened bat species.

Private landowners in Pennsylvania work with government support to provide critical forest habitat for threatened populations of bats. Along the Meramec River near St. Louis, residents try to break the costly cycle of flooding, cleaning up and re-building by adopting more natural solutions to flood mitigation. Managing forest plantations in Florida, landowners use prescribed fires to reintroduce a natural process that results in healthier ecosystems for wildlife as well as better forest and ranching operations.