Depicts the Shortleaf Pine covered hillside of the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri. The prescribed and natural burns that take place here seemingly destroys almost everything in its path, leaving the landscape scorched and burned. However, these burns are necessary to restore the plant and animal life that call these areas home. Amid the blackened pines, a rare visitor, the Lewis Woodpecker takes center stage, as “From the Ashes” new life emerges!