What’s fueling northeastern Minnesota’s wildfires?
A conversation with University of Minnesota forest ecologist Lee Frelich about what's behind the fires burning in and near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, why they're so difficult to contain, and what we can do to reduce wildfire risk.
Boundary Waters wildfires bring grief over forest loss, but hope for long-term renewal
This article, written by Dan Kraker with MPR News, highlights conversations of forest loss and hope that is felt from the ongoing wildfires in the Boundary Waters.
University of Minnesota, Fond du Lac Band move forward together on historic Cloquet Forestry Center land return
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
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
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.
View From the Woods 2025
Read about what's been going on at the Cloquet Forestry Center and Hubachek Wilderness Research Center over the last year.
View From the Woods 2024
Check out the 2024 newsletter recap from the Cloquet Forestry Center.
Members of the Board of Regents visit U of M research and outreach sites in northeast Minnesota
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.
Step inside a prescribed burn at the Cloquet Forestry Center
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.
Crashing the Classroom: Introductory Cloquet Field Session
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."