How does a forest wildfire affect water quality?
Sep 08, 2023 09:08AM ● By Content Editor
Photo: Shoreline of Stony Lake, MN, on June 9, 2022, showing burned shoreline from the Greenwood fire approximately 10 months before. (Jerry Henneck/NRRI) - Quetico Superior Wilderness News
By Greg Sietz - Quetico Superior Wilderness News - September 8, 2023
A new study has helped explain the connection between forest fires and water quality in the Superior National Forest. Researchers from several institutions intensively studied several lakes in areas near the Greenwood Fire, which burned 26,000 acres near Isabella in 2021, to analyze how such blazes can affect northern Minnesota’s lakes.
To read the full story, visit the Quetico Superior Wilderness News site here.
By Greg Sietz - Quetico Superior Wilderness News - September 8, 2023
A new study has helped explain the connection between forest fires and water quality in the Superior National Forest. Researchers from several institutions intensively studied several lakes in areas near the Greenwood Fire, which burned 26,000 acres near Isabella in 2021, to analyze how such blazes can affect northern Minnesota’s lakes.
To read the full story, visit the Quetico Superior Wilderness News site here.
