Environment
Forest disturbance expert Lee Frelich discusses effect of fire on the boreal forest
-Ann Possis spoke Sept. 16 with Lee Frelich, director of the Center for Forest Ecology at the U of MN, about likely effects of the Pagami Creek Fire on the BWCAW forest.
Northern Sky: Mars, Beehive Cluster & Full Moon Legends
-Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota. She writes the monthly Minnesota Starwatch column.
Meet Ann Raiho & Natalie Warren, first women to paddle from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay
-Ann Possis and Matthew Brown welcomed Ann Raiho and Natalie Warren of the Hudson Bay Bound Expedition to the studio Sept. 9. They just became the first women to paddle from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay, re-creating the journey made by Eric Sevareid and Walter Port, and documented in the classic book "Canoeing with the Cree."
Pagami Creek Fire Update BWCAW Campfire Restrictions in effect
-The Pagami Creek fire continued to move south and east in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on Sunday.
Points North: In Montana, a Fishing Reunion with an Old Friend
Shawn Perich-On a recent trip to the northern Rockies, Vikki and I made an overnight stop in Helena, Montana, to visit our friend Tom Dickson and his partner in life, Lisa, who moved there from the Twin Cities nea
Wildersmith September 9
Fred Smith-My how time flies! The first week of our month of the wild rice/harvest moon has slipped away.
Lake Superior Binational Forum to hold public meeting in Grand Marais Sept. 9--all are invited
-Buck spoke Sept. 2 with Lissa Radke, U.S. Coordinator of the Lake Superior Binational Forum, which focuses on water quality and environmental health in the Lake Superior basin. They're holding a public meeting titled “Improving Water Quality and Sustainable Economies on the Minnesota North Shore ” in Grand Marais Friday, Sept. 9, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the ACA.
Northern Sky: Harvest Moon, Asterisms & More
-Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota. She writes the monthly Minnesota Starwatch column.
Wildersmith September 2
-September has come a-calling in our north woods. Everything about autumn is for real now!
Points North: On Superior, A Lake Trout Makes The Day
-Rich Patterson believed Lake Superior was devoid of fish. After all, he’d spent two days fruitlessly casting into the lake near is campsite at the mouth of the Cross River in Schroeder.
