Researchers Study Inland Lake Water Quality Impacts Following 2021 Greenwood Fire
Download MP3The 2021 Greenwood Fire, which burned nearly 27,000 acres in northeastern Minnesota following a summer of heat and drought, has become a desirable place for scientists across the Midwest and regions of Canada to study the aftermath of a large-scale wildfire in a remote boreal landscape.
Immediately following the Greenwood Fire a team of 10 researchers from Minnesota, Michigan, and Canada ventured into the remote charred landscape of the Greenwood Fire to study how direct wildfire burns within watersheds affect lake water quality, including which lakes are most sensitive to wildfires and what wildfire characteristics lead to the most significant water quality impacts.
In this week's episode, podcast host Kalli Hawkins speaks with Chris Filstrup, an applied limnologist and co-author of a recently published study from the Natural Resources Research Institute at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
The 2021 Greenwood Fire, which burned nearly 27,000 acres in northeastern Minnesota following a summer of heat and drought, has become a desirable place for scientists across the Midwest and regions of Canada to study the aftermath of a large-scale wildfire in a remote boreal landscape.
Immediately following the Greenwood Fire a team of 10 researchers from Minnesota, Michigan, and Canada ventured into the remote charred landscape of the Greenwood Fire to study how direct wildfire burns within watersheds affect lake water quality, including which lakes are most sensitive to wildfires and what wildfire characteristics lead to the most significant water quality impacts.
In this week's episode, podcast host Kalli Hawkins speaks with Chris Filstrup, an applied limnologist and co-author of a recently published study from the Natural Resources Research Institute at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
