Minnesota’s northern forests are expected to look vastly different a century from now - with fewer spruce, tamarack and fir trees and more maple, oak and basswood - due to a warming climate. That’s ...
Minnesota Forest Industries executive vice president Rick Horton argues in this second installment of my interview with him that loggers don’t determine the age of aspen that is cut on state lands, ...
As a forest and climate ecologist in Minnesota, I am worried that the 2.5 million acres of School Trust land managed by Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources are not prepared for climate change.
The Minnesota Forestry Association, in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, is looking for private woodlot owners in northwestern and western Minnesota who are willing to ...
A century ago today, Minnesota lawmakers succumbed to common sense and public outrage and established the Minnesota Forest Service -- the first state agency assigned to battle incessant wildfires and ...
Erin is a co-host of "The 4" on WCCO and a two-time Emmy Award-winning reporter passionate about experiential storytelling and taking viewers on an adventure - be it inside a bear den, at the bottom ...
Two of Minnesota's state forests are growing a little larger thanks to a land donation of 375 acres from the Trust for Public Land. The Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest will add a ...
A dead pine in the Black Hills of South Dakota, June 2013. The pine has the characteristic popcorn-like pitch tubes indicating beetle infestation. CATHY WURZER: It's Minnesota Now here on MPR News.
Under a canopy of trees, they met on the park trail and waited for instructions from their guide. In a gentle voice, Chris Brandt spoke to the eight adults assembled on a recent Sunday at William ...