Even relatively modest climate change could dramatically alter Minnesota’s Northwoods and the southern boreal forest that runs from eastern Canada to Alaska, according to new research recently published in Nature. 
 

This MPR story and radio segment explains the growing interest in incorporating Indigenous knowledge into the policies and practices of Minnesotans working with forestry and wildlife. 

Eli Sagor has been promoted to Extension Professor at the University of Minnesota by the Board of Regents.  A group of his peers reviewed his prodigious body of work, including leadership of SFEC, numerous publications, assistance to professional organizations, mentorship of graduate students and teaching efforts and affirmed that the value he has brought to the University of Minnesota and the State was worthy of the rank of Extension Professor.  Their recommendation was then made official when the Board of Regents approved the promotion. Congratulations Eli!

Rachael Olesiak, Research Plot Coordinator with the Cloquet Forestry Center, provided instruction to students from the Youth Eco Solutions (YES!) team at Northern Lights Community School during the YES! workshop on March 10 where students used hands-on activities to learn about their school’s woodland. Read the full story at the Grand Rapids Herald Review.

A recent episode of [Un]Natural Selection, a radio program produced by northern Michigan's Interlochen Public Radio, reports on the tree-ring fire history research of Lane Johnson and his colleagues. Listen to the entire story on Interlochan Public Radio

During a recent visit to the site of the Greenwood Fire near Isabella, WTIP’s Joe Friedrichs asked Lane Johnson, a research forester with the University of Minnesota Cloquet Forestry Center, what the snowpack this winter could mean when it comes to a fire season this spring, summer and fall. Read the article and listen to the radio segment at WTIP Northshore Community Radio, Cook County, Minnesota

Cloquet Forestry Center researcher Lane Johnson contributed to the creation of a 16-minute documentary titled Oshkigin | Spirit of Fire, which features two local tribal fire specialists—Damon Panek and Vern Northrup.

Lane Johnson, Research Forester with the UMN Cloquet Forestry Center weighs in on why fire is a natural part of an ecological process. Read the full article in The Frederick News-Post.

A new forest products plant opening near Grand Rapids could have important benefits for climate change, which may seem counter-intuitive. After all, trees pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. So how could cutting down more trees help the climate? Professor and Extension Specialist Eli Sagor weighs in. Read the full MPR story.

Tree-ring fire history research by Lane Johnson, Research Forester with the UMN Cloquet Forestry Center, and his colleagues is featured in a new interpretive exhibit at Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center on the Gunflint Trail, outside of Grand Marais, MN. Read the article and listen to the radio segment at WTIP North Shore Community Radio, Cook County, Minnesota.