Bruce MacDonald
@rationaldoge@hachyderm.io
Retired public radio producer, newsroom and audio systems developer. UW-Madison Journalism '78. Opera fanatic. Train buff. Prairie enthusiast. Slowest cyclist in Minneapolis. KFØNOK. Avatar: a drawing from the patent for "The Game of Cootie," a dice game invented in Minnesota. Header: mural "The Deathtrap of the Ages," by Charles R. Knight, depicting La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Its use here inspired by Frederick P. Brooks Jr., "The Mythical Man-Month."
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Boundary Waters wildfires could smolder until snow falls
Fueled by dry fir and spruce trees, the larger forest fires are too intense for firefighters to extinguish without help from the weather.
By Dave Orrick and Bob Timmons
The Minnesota Star Tribune
“It’s way beyond the ability of firefighting crews to suppress,” said Lee Frelich, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Forest Ecology and an expert on the fire ecology of northern Minnesota forests.
https://www.startribune.com/boundary-waters-wildfires/601867991?utm_source=gift
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