Video interview with Kendall Beals, PhD candidate with the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department of UT, conducted by Laura Romans. Beals discusses the impact that the wildfires had on the soil in the Smokies. She also elaborates on the effects that high burn soil can have on flora in the area.

Video interview with Jennifer Schweitzer, professor with the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department of UT, conducted by Ken Wise. Schweitzer discusses the effects of the fire upon the soil and plants in Gatlinburg. She specifies that the intensity and location, whether urban or natural, had an effect on the plantlife recovery.