Lee Frelich

5 Collection Items

• Climate Change in Minnesota documentary

  MPR’s Tom Weber presents a rebroadcast of a documentary from 2014 MPR Special reporting project on climate change. It collects stories on extreme weather, warming trends, species adaptation, jet and streams.

  Nov. 13, 201522 minSave
• Fire in BWCA actually good for ecology

  The Pagami Creek fire is the biggest fire the Boundary Waters have seen in more than a century...but historically, big forest fires used to be commonplace in that area. MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Lee Frelich, forest ecologist at the University of Minnesota, about the positive nature fire can offer, and the impact of climate change in the increase of fires.  

  Sep. 15, 20114 minSave
• An audio tour in the BWCA 10 years after blowdown, when millions of trees blew down in huge storm

  MPR’s Stepanie Hemphil visits the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to see the landscape a decade after devasting blowdown. Ten years after millions of trees blew down in Minnesota's pristine Boundary Waters Wilderness, the forest is in the midst of a comeback. Segment includes recollections from guide who experienced storm first hand.

  Jul. 2, 2009Save
• Boundary Waters Canoe Area blowdown brings regrowth

  MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports on the better than predicted regrowth after one of the strongest storms in the BWCA's history. Kelleher interviews various forestry and ecology experts about the new growth and the changes to landscape in the three years since blowdown.

  May. 2, 2002Save
• BWCA storm offers chance for study

  MPR’s Mary Losure reports that after massive storm in BWCA, which many considered a catastrophe, is providing a rare opportunity for scientists to study how a wilderness recovers from a massive natural disturbance. Losure interviews Alan Heine, forestry Professr at University of Wisconsin; and Lee Frelich forest ecologist at University of Minnesota.

  Jul. 4, 2001Save