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Prescribed burn in Superior marks return of ‘ishkode,’ or ‘good fire’
Evan Larson, a fire ecologist at UW-Platteville, says the spark has been ignited for a return to cultural prescribed burns. This centuries-old Indigenous practice once helped red pine and blueberries flourish along Lake Superior.
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