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View From the Woods 2025
Read about what's been going on at the Cloquet Forestry Center and Hubachek Wilderness Research Center over the last year.
Dr. Rebecca Montgomery named next F. B. Hubachek Senior Endowed Chair in Forestry
She is the second honoree to receive this designation, following Dr. Peter Reich, who initiated the role in 1991.
View From the Woods 2024
Check out the 2024 recap newsletter from the Cloquet Forestry and Hubachek Wilderness Research Centers.
2025 Recap
This growing season was even busier than we'd imagined during the quiet of last winter.
In the spring, two long term projects returned: the University of Minnesota's B4WarmED climate change study and the Institute of Bird Populations' Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship project. We conducted our first prescribed fires - small patch burns - on campus in May.
Also for the first time, we hosted youth groups this summer: Mobilize Green Youth Conservation, and the 1854 Treaty Authority's tribal youth natural resources career Camp Nenda.
Our perennial UMN field classes, Advanced Field Geology and Park and Protected Area Management Studies were here in July and August. We also hosted small research and outreach groups which worked in the Superior National Forest, on site, and in the city of Ely. UMN Geology and Forestry student clubs held outings. The MN Mycological Society, along with MN Master Naturalists, conducted a fungus and lichen survey of HWRC in early October. Their results are shared in iNaturalist.
Fall semester, the Hubachek Wilderness Research Center's facilities and biodiversity were under study for student capstone projects in the UMN Environmental Science, Policy and Management class: Problem Solving for Environmental Change.
We had a relatively quiet November and December. It was a good time to catch up, regroup and look forward to 2026. For more about HWRC and our affiliated Research and Outreach Center, the Cloquet Forestry Center, follow the link to the View From the Woods 2025 on this page.