Outside Science (inside parks): Fire at Knife River Indian Villages

The Outside Science (inside parks) series shares stories of crucial, creative science. Each episode, produced in collaboration with Colorado State University, highlights the many ways young people are getting involved in science in parks. Part citizen science, part education, these videos cover topics such as sea turtles and light pollution, toxic algal blooms, and mercury levels in dragonfly larvae. Watch this and all the previous episodes on the Explore Nature website or the Explore Nature YouTube Channel.

Fire isn't always bad, it depends on how you use it. Staff at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site in North Dakota use it to restore the prairie ecosystem. Follow a class of middle school students as they help the park by reseed after a prescribed burn.

Duration:

3 minutes, 17 seconds

Fire isn't always bad, it depends on how you use it. Staff at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site in North Dakota use it to restore the prairie ecosystem. Follow a class of middle school students as they help the park by reseed after a prescribed burn.

Filmed and edited by Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University