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QUETICO SUPERIOR WILDERNESS NEWS:
Wildfires burn approximately 68,000 acres in the Superior National Forest and BWCA
Check this page for daily updates: extreme fire conditions drove explosive growth across the forest, wilderness fires have crossed the international border into Canada, and crossed into Minnesota from Canada, according to the Forest Service and MNICS.
Quetico closure extended as evacuation alert issued for Saganaga Lake area
Quetico Provincial Park has pushed its proposed reopening to August 8, and Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources has issued an evacuation alert for the Canadian counterpart of the Little Knife Fire grows.
FIRE UPDATES:
Wildfire updates, park and entry point closures, campfire restrictions. Learn more about prescribed burns, and the history of fire in the wilderness of Minnesota/Canada border lakes region. More >
PARKS & REGIONS
FOCUS ON MINING :
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