What’s fueling northeastern Minnesota’s wildfires?

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MPR News guest host Kelly Gordon talks with a forest ecologist about what's behind the fires burning in and near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, why they're so difficult to contain and what we can do to reduce wildfire risk.

Guest:
Lee Frelich is the director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Forest Ecology.
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