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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.

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.

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.

Read about what's been going on at the Cloquet Forestry Center and Hubachek Wilderness Research Center over the last year. 

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.

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.

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."

Read more to learn about the new Director of Operations & Forest Stewardship for the Cloquet Forestry Center (CFC) and Hubachek Wilderness Research Center (HWRC). Kyle Gill started in this role in April of 2024. Prior to this, Kyle served as the Forest Manager and Research Coordinator for the UMN Experimental Forests since 2015. 

Join us in congratulating Andy David, current Director of Operations for the Cloquet Forestry Center and Hubachek Wilderness Research Center, on his upcoming retirement. Read more to find out what Andy is looking forward to in his retirement, and the things he will miss most from his time with the U of M.