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Photo courtesy The Nature Conservancy by Jack Thacker.

Small fires burn along the forest floor during the TREX prescribed fire training in Missouri. Gauger said they plan to hold one TREX each year. The grant funds work on both state and private lands. The prescribed fire training work took place in the Missouri Ozarks and is part of a four-year, cross-boundary grant for $1,439,346 in federal funding and $270,880 in funds and in-kind costs. It’s only by coming together that we can put meaningful fire back across the landscapes,” continued Gauger. We know the federal governments and state governments can’t do it by themselves. “TNC is committed to this idea of collaborative fire. The real trick is to get people into these trainee roles and give them the experience that they need.” You must be in a trainee assignment to perform those roles. Through the TREX program, training is the primary focus.

“We took the existing model and adapted it to what we wanted to do here in Missouri. TREX has been in operation nationally for nearly two decades, Gauger added. Participating organizations included Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Missouri Prescribed Fire Council, National Park Service and USDA Forest Service Eastern Region. Thirty students, plus six dedicated instructors, participated in the training operation. Ryan Gauger, The Nature Conservancy’s fire and stewardship manager for the state of Missouri, said trainees came from nonprofits, state agencies, federal agencies and contractors across the country. It also served to reduce fire risk to local communities by removing excess vegetation that could help fuel a wildfire, as well as improve habitat. 27 through March 9, aimed at improving interagency collaboration on these projects. The Nature Conservancy-sponsored Prescribed Fire Training Exchange, or TREX, held Feb. MISSOURI – Mark Twain National Forest, in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy in Missouri and several agencies, helped restore the forested landscape while providing essential fire training through prescribed burns in the Show Me state.

Photo courtesy The Nature Conservancy by Shawna Gorman. A trainee uses a drip torch to like small, controlled fires during the TREX prescribed burn training in March 2023 in Missouri.