Cloquet Forestry Center

morning sunlight shining through red pine tree forest
two researchers on the ground measuring red pine and white spruce seedlings
students wearing helmets lined up at the edge of a forest listening to an instructor
several students wearing hardhats looking at a research plot in the woods

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Step inside a prescribed burn at the Cloquet Forestry Center

November 5, 2024

CFC staff rely on working relationships with the Land and fire stewards from the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and The Nature Conservancy to conduct prescribed burns, as part of a shared effort to return fire-maintained conditions to portions of the CFC land base.

Members of the Board of Regents visit U of M research and outreach sites in northeast Minnesota

October 30, 2024

On October 21 and 22, Board of Regents Chair Janie Mayeron and Regents Mike Kenyanya, James Farnsworth, and Tadd Johnson visited several University of Minnesota Research and Outreach Centers in northeast Minnesota to get a better sense of the U of M’s presence and programming in the region.

Crashing the Classroom: Introductory Cloquet Field Session

October 24, 2024

The Introductory Cloquet Field Session takes place every August at the Cloquet Forestry Center. This field session comprises three courses over three weeks: FNRM 2101 — Identifying Forest Plants, FNRM 2102 — Northern Forests Field Ecology, and FNRM 2104 — Measuring Forest Resources. 

One student said, "This is a class where students get to be fully immersed in the forest."

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