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“Meet Anna Yang: Oak wilt researcher dedicated to Minnesota's forest health”
August 31, 2026

Anna Yang, PhD, a research fellow with the Montgomery Lab, is featured in an MITPPC article highlighting her career and research interests. 

“How drought and dead wood stacked the deck for the Boundary Waters wildfires”
August 30, 2026

Many are concerned and curious about the frequency and intensity of recent wildfires. What factors are leading to them? What changes could they bring? And is this the new normal? The Star Tribune spoke with Forest Resources, Extension, and Cloquet Forestry Center experts to learn about wildfire and forest regeneration cycles, the unique factors leading to the most recent fire, and what this could indicate about the future of our boreal forests. 

"What Trump's proposed repeal of the Roadless Rule means for Minnesota forests"
August 28, 2026

Forest Resources Researcher Lee Frelich joined MPR News’s Minnesota Now with host Nina Moini to provide ecological context on proposed federal changes to the 2001 Roadless Rule, which currently protects roughly 62,000 acres in northern Minnesota.