Wildfire is a normal part of healthy ecosystems in the Superior National Forest. However, USFS personnel are warning that this spring could see a higher incidence of wildfires due to low snow cover and precipitation. As a result, they encourage those who live and recreate in the Quetico Superior region to be watchful.
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A wildfire is currently burning near the end of the Gunflint Trail in the BWCAW. The US Forest Service says the fire was detected between Spice Lake and Ogishkemuncie Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Local, state, and federal agencies announce prohibitions to reduce wildfire risks.
As popular paddling destination Quetico Provincial Park reopens to Americans, maps show areas affected by major fires.
An outbreak of spruce budworms in northeastern Minnesota created conditions primed for ignition and likely fueled this summer’s wildfires.
Fire increases to over 19,000 acres creates a pyrocumulus cloud resulting in fire-created lightning, new evacuations but weather conditions could be more favorable soon.
Several fires are burning in Quetico, across a large area, near the border with Minnesota.
Forest Service urges campfire caution as it fights another forest blaze ignited by Boundary Waters wilderness visitors.
Federal agency calls off all spring burning plans as officials seek to reduce connected risks of fires and health.
Fires will reduce the amount of flammable forest materials in areas hit by the 1999 blowdown, and hopefully reduce the risk that a wildfire could escape the wilderness.
Conditions are causing concerns about wildfires in northeast Minnesota, as authorities urge campers and others to exercise caution.
The historic storm that wiped out huge swaths of forest and injured visitors left a long-lasting mark on the wilderness.
Forest Service officials say significant swaths of public land have been burned this spring to accomplish a variety of management goals.
Superior National Forest officials recently concluded the lengthy development of a plan to manage significant swaths of public land near and in the Boundary Waters.
“By examining annual growth rings in increment cores taken from tree trunks, we found that many pines at this site were more than 250 years old. Distinct injuries recorded within their rings denoted the passage of multiple low-severity surface fires that damaged but did not kill many of these trees…”
Lightning has started a handful of blazes on both sides of the international border, though the fires remain relatively small.
“Painting that blackened landscape really taught me how to find beauty in an otherwise not so beautiful environment. The shiny silver patterns on a charred tree or stump against a green back ground were fascinating to me….”
New research shows how moose prefer the type of forest habitat that is created by forest fires.