Wildfires and a warming climate puts Minnesota's boreal forests at risk
With blackened snags in the background, a young boreal forest with trees approaching 20 feet begin to take over an area of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness near Trail Center that was burned by the Pagami Creek Fire in 2011.
Derek Montgomery for MPR News 2021
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Wildfires are nothing new in Minnesota. They've shaped the state's forests for thousands of years. But with a warming climate, the fires we see today may be a part of larger transition for boreal forests.
MPR News host Clay Masters spoke with Lee Frelich, director of the University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology, about what the future of Minnesota’s northern forests could look like.
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