Dan Ryan is a Wildlife Biologist on the Laurentian District of the Superior National Forest, and Taylor Brannock is a Biological Science Technician on the Kawishiwi District. They join this episode to talk about tracking and researching that iconic and elusive Northwoods cat, the Canada lynx.

Show Notes:

Annual Lynx Monitoring Report

Draft Lynx Recovery Plan

Report Lynx sightings

The Fernberg Project press release

Erik Redix, Ojibwe Language Coordinator with the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa joins this episode, along with Superior National Forest Archeologist Lee Johnson who returns to Forest North, to talk about the Ojibwe language, or Ojibwemowin, and some of the original place names in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Superior National Forest and the North Shore of Lake Superior.


Show Notes:

Ojibwe People's Dictionary | the Ojibwe People's Dictionary

https://www.nps.gov/grpo/learn/historyculture/north-shore-place-names.htm

https://openrivers.lib.umn.edu/article/rivers-north-shore-ojibwe-dialects/

Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak | WTIP

Teddy Mullins is a 24 year veteran Forest Service Law Enforcement Officer. He currently serves as Patrol Captain on the Chippewa and Superior National Forests in Minnesota.

Show Notes:

National Forest Law Enforcement Tipline
Superior National Forest Regulations

Jeremy Collard and Stefan Nelson from the Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society talk about the society's mission to promote forest stewardship and improve habitat for these popular game birds, along with the whole diversity of Forest wildlife.


Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society Website

Steve Robertsen drops by to talk about the slow transition to Autumn in the Northwoods, and what a changing climate can mean for the flora and fauna on the Superior National Forest.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/superior

Nancy Schultz, George Lokken and Jeremy Pischke, with Friends of the Flathorn-Gegoka Ski Trails, drop in to talk about the history and evolution of the oldest ski trail system on the Superior National Forest.

Show Notes:

Flathorn-Gegoka Ski Trails
The Great Minnesota Ski Pass

US Forest Service Soil Scientists Randy Kolka, Jeff Kroll and Dave Morley stop by to talk about their research into how increasing wildfires, and their severity, effect critical peatland ecosystems on the National Forest.

Show Notes:

Drone footage and story from WDIO - https://www.wdio.com/front-page/top-stories/discovering-the-impact-of-wildfire-on-peatlands/

SPRUCE climate project -> https://mnspruce.ornl.gov/

Steve Robertsen, Interpretation and Education Specialist, returns to Forest North talk about the transition to Autumn on the Superior National Forest: birds going south, squirrels going nuts and just why the trees end their season of leaves with such a stunning display of colors.

Show Notes:

On this episode, we’re discussing the Student Conservation Association, the largest provider of hands-on environmental conservation programs for youth and young adults. 

Today we talk about the SCA partnership with the superior National Forest, as we’re joined by Amina Kovacevich, Forest Technician on the LaCroix district. She joins remotely along with SCA administrative intern Kylie Tatarka. Sitting down in studio, Greg Heidi, West Zone Archaeologist, and SCA archaeology intern Daniella Elliott. We also hear briefly from my yellow lab Angus as he chimes in during a particularly intense nap.

Show Notes:

Student Conservation Association

Superior National Forest News

National Forest Jobs

Jon Benson, Assistant Recreation Program Manager for the Superior National Forest talks about the MobilizeGreen Youth Conservation partnership, along with Fatihah Muhammad and May Crews, two recent MobilizeGreen interns.

Wildlife Biologist Cheron Ferland joins Forest North to talk about studying the American Goshawk, one of our larger birds of prey here in the Northwoods.

Time Stamps:

(1:17) Mobilize Green
(32:27) Cheron Ferland and The American Goshawk


Show Notes:

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Goshawk/overview

Accipiter gentilis : Northern Goshawk | Rare Species Guide | Minnesota DNR
(state.mn.us)