Forest

An abundance of rainfall has been good for the forest but hard on trees with fungal leaf disease. Trees usually reemerge in the spring unaffected by last year's blight.

In a follow-up episode to the Decline of Native Pollinators Series, pollinator expert Jessica Peterson joined the KAXE Morning Show to focus on forest-dwelling pollinators. The Decline of Native Pollinator series is produced by Mark Jacobs.

Revenue generated on school trust land from mining or logging goes back to Minnesota's public schools, but parcels in the Boundary Waters are protected from these activities.

The DNR encourages landowners to reforest their properties with hardy seedling bundles. Stock includes flowering trees and conifers.

A Minnesota Department of Agriculture employee noticed a cluster of ash trees bearing signs of the invasive pest near Remer. State officials enacted an emergency quarantine of eastern Cass County.

The event, sponsored by the Bemidji Chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, will take place at the Northwest Indian Community Development Center, 1819 Bemidji Ave. N., Bemidji.

Ecologist John Pastor joins John and Heidi to talk about his new book: White Pine: The Natural and Human History of a Foundational American Tree. John is a professor of biology at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.

University of MN scientist Diana Karwan studies the quality of water where it flows over and through forest landscapes. She takes water from our streams and medium sized rivers to identify what she calls the “chemical fingerprints” of these waters. Dr. Karwan is a member of the University of MN’s Departments of Forestry, and Soil, Water and Climate. Dr. Karwan will discuss the impact different forest landscapes have on water quality in a free, online program hosted by Itasca Waters tomorrow at noon. She joined Heidi Holtan on the KAXE/KBXE Morning Show to discuss her research and preview the latest installment of Itasca Water's "Practical Water Wisdom" series. You can hear the full conversation by clicking the "Listen" player above.

KAXE’s Tuesday Morning show strives to take an in-depth look at some natural resource-based issues important to our region. The hosts, Heidi Holtan and John Latimer, hope to not only discuss the problems, but also attempt to highlight some creative solutions.

This Friday, April 29th at taprooms across northern Minnesota, clean-water group Forest to Tap (F2T) is hosting its 3rd annual seedling giveaway event. To help spread the word about the event and the importance of forests in creating and protecting clean water, KAXE's John Bauer spoke with Patrick Sundberg of Jack Pine Brewery and Mark Jacobs, volunteer with F2T.