Uploaded July 2011 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
primitivepathways.com Fire is an essential management tool for native prairie in the midwestern United States. Before the white man arrived in North America, fires were used by Native Americans to return nutrients to the soil and control unwanted vegetation. When whitey arrived, fires were suppressed, invasive (and less nutritious) grasses grew wildly, and native prairie shrank to only tiny parcels. It was only recently that we have come to understand the importance of fire and its benefits. Learn how native prairie benefits from the use of fire, and how the biodiversity and health of the prairie and is making a comeback. This was filmed in SE Iowa in April, 2011. Music (Variation on Egmont) by Kevin Macleod (http://incompetech.com) and used under Creative Commons License with attribution: http://creativecommons.org. All other music scores were production music included with my editing software and to which I obtained commercial rights to when I purchased the software. Videography and editing by: Billy Berger
primitivepathways.com Fire is an essential management tool for native prairie in the midwestern United States. Before the white man arrived in North America, fires were used by Native Americans to return nutrients to the soil and control unwanted vegetation. When whitey arrived, fires were suppressed, invasive (and less nutritious) grasses grew wildly, and native prairie shrank to only tiny parcels. It was only recently that we have come to understand the importance of fire and its benefits. Learn how native prairie benefits from the use of fire, and how the biodiversity and health of the prairie and is making a comeback. This was filmed in SE Iowa in April, 2011. Music (Variation on Egmont) by Kevin Macleod (http://incompetech.com) and used under Creative Commons License with attribution: http://creativecommons.org. All other music scores were production music included with my editing software and to which I obtained commercial rights to when I purchased the software. Videography and editing by: Billy Berger
