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

News

University of Minnesota, Fond du Lac Band move forward together on historic Cloquet Forestry Center land return

May 27, 2026

In a milestone moment for collaboration and reconciliation, the University of Minnesota and the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa are moving forward with the return of the Cloquet Forestry Center land, wholly located within the Fond du Lac Reservation.

University of Minnesota CFANS and CBS: Introducing the Statewide Impact Map

February 26, 2026

New interactive map displays data across the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences' 10 Resource and Outreach Centers and the College of Biological Sciences' specialized biological stations.

Restoring Fire to Minnesota's Forest Ecosystems

January 5, 2026

Learn about how the the Cloquet Forestry Center (CFC) forest stewardship team is working with the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe (FDL), and other partners, to restore a proactive relationship through ecocultural prescribed fire regime restoration across the CFC forest, and elsewhere, in Nagaajiwanaang.

Events

Annual Open House - 2026

Wednesday August 19, 2026 from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Join us in the woods at the Cloquet Forestry Center for an evening of information exchange and community building. We will have a social hour to host an alumni gathering and a variety of information tables. You are encouraged to get a bite to eat from the food truck that will be onsite during this time. Afterwards you can attend a wagon tour or outdoor educational presentation. Then, at the end of the evening, we will draw for the raffle prize winner.