5 day wilderness extension Graduate Credits available.
Cost includes all food, lodging and equipment.
In just 40 minutes, winds exceeding 90 miles per hour blew down some 30 million trees causing one of the largest blowdowns in recent North American history, covering about 600,000 acres in Minnesota and Ontario. The big blowdown, like logging and fire, has changed the forest and caused all who enjoy the area to pause and consider what happens next. But the force that blew forests apart also provides the real opportunity to study how a forest reacts to a massive natural disturbance. Working with forest researchers, participants will have an opportunity to learn first hand in the field using low and high tech tools to begin answering some of these questions. Daily field studies will be conducted from the camp, and an optional 5 days wilderness canoe trip will include a survey of the Fall 2000 Emerald Lake burn in the Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario.