Prescribed Burns Set to Begin When Conditions Allow
Superior National Forest experts planned to do around 6 to 7 thousand prescribed burns this year.
DULUTH, Minn. – The ongoing cold weather is putting a damper on the start of the prescribed burn season in the Superior National Forest. Experts with the Superior National Forest were hoping to start with the prescribed burns a month ago, but the ongoing winter and wet weekend ahead have not allowed it. They say prescribed fires help reduce hazardous…