The size of Tucker Prairie has been slightly reduced since the construction of I-70; the area is 145 acres.
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A fire burns over Tucker Prairie April 2, 2013. Various tracts are designated to be burned over a period of years in order to enrich the soil, speed up the decay process and prevent woody shrubs from taking over.
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A fire burns over Tucker Prairie April 2, 2013. The fire was one of a series of prescribed fires that day.
Credit Sally French / KBIA
Fire supplies sit in a truck on an access road at Tucker Prairie. The supplies were brought to aid in a prescribed fire April 2, 2013
The Catholic Church is at a crossroads. Pope Benedict XVI surprised just about everyone this week by announcing his resignation. The leader of the world’s one billion Catholics held his final public mass on Wednesday, at the end of this month, he will become the first pope to resign in nearly 600 years.
Lawmakers in at least 11 states including Missouri are looking at plans to restrict the use of drones over their skies amid concerns the unmanned aerial vehicles could be exploited to spy on Americans.
The American Civil Liberties Union says state legislators are proposing various restrictions on the new technology.
The Montana Senate looked at two bills Tuesday that hinder the use of drones, most often associated with overseas wars.
The United States government has escalated the uses of drone strikes in Pakistan and in Yemen since the start of the year. And now the U.S. appears to be considering the use of drone strikes in Mali, a North African country where French forces are helping the government fight Islamist militants and rebels.
