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Five years after the blowdown
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Controlled burns were used to clean up much of downed timber along Northeast Minnesota's Gunflint Trail.  Now, fire officials are working to burn patches through the blowdown in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.  They hope to slow the path of future fires. (Photo courtesy of Superior National Forest)

Controlled burns were used to clean up much of downed timber along Northeast Minnesota's Gunflint Trail. Now, fire officials are working to burn patches through the blowdown in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. They hope to slow the path of future fires.

(Photo courtesy of Superior National Forest)
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