Jana Studelska lives off-grid in northern Minnesota, where she enjoys paddling and walking with dogs.
For millennia, the Great Lakes Anishinaabe used traditional fire practices to manage the forests of Northeastern Minnesota. Today, science is capturing the frequency and severity of those fires to understand how communities might recreate their relationship with the land.
Residents of Eagles Nest Township, a small community southwest of Ely, Minn., have spent more than a decade preparing for wildfires. Here's a look at their efforts:
The remote village of Isabella endured the brunt of the 2021 Greenwood Fire, leaving behind a burned landscape, piles of waste, and lots of questions.
15 years after federal dollars funded sprinkler programs in northern Minnesota their success relies on local maintenance.
Three planes help monitor and fight wildfires in Superior National Forest, the most at-risk national forest east of the Mississippi.
Those who study the forest, including biologists and Indigenous firekeepers, say that our forest is not healthy. It is a fire-dependent ecosystem, filled with tree and plant species that require fire to reproduce.
With diminishing public money for urban forestry, carbon offset markets are rising to meet funding gaps. One small nonprofit is leading the way in Minnesota.
Driving home, I realize the Finland Wild Rice House experience has worked: I have a new relationship with this native grain.
Innovative research in the Superior National Forest may serve as a template for forest resiliency nation-wide.
