It’s estimated that Shortleaf Pine once covered 4.2 million acres of the Missouri Ozark region. Much of this was clear cut for its prized timber at the turn of the 20^th century. By 1940 the Missouri State Highway Department preserved a stretch of old growth pines along Highway 19. Join Deep Roots as they hike with Neal Humke of L-A-D Foundation through one of Missouri’s oldest pine forests. Along the way they detour to explore stunning dolomite glades featuring native flowers and grasses that grow among exposed bedrock and shallow soil.