White House Chronicle, Show #17034
Air Date: August 22, 2025
TRT: 29:00
Host: Llewellyn King
Co-host: Adam Clayton Powell III
Guest: Our guest today is J. Morgan Varner, Director of Research and Senior Scientist, Tall Timbers, Tallahassee, Florida.
Topic: The benefits of prescribed burning
Summary:
The threat from wildfire is growing and prescribed burning -- the controlled application of fire to a specific area of land to achieve defined management objectives -- is an important and traditional tool for maintaining healthy ecosystems and reducing wildfire risks. J. Morgan Varner, director of research and senior scientist at Tall Timbers in Tallahassee, Florida, discusses prescribed burning with Host Llewellyn King and Co-host Adam Clayton Powell III.