In the “Land of 10,000 Lakes,” wildfires are prompting the U.S. Forest Service to evacuate Minnesota's famous Boundary Waters Canoe Area, with rangers using canoes to reach the 2,000 campsites
, the normally cool and lush North Woods of Minnesota are battling their own extreme drought and wildfires that have closed the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness for the first time since 1976.
The National Weather Service is forecasting the first substantial rain in weeks, with up to half an inch of rain Tuesday night into Wednesday and up to a few inches of rain Friday night into Saturday. But with rainfall so far this summer about half the normal amount and the possibility that lightning strikes could spark new fires, the threat to the area is expected to remain high.
The U.S. Forest Service is still working to get everyone out of the Boundary Waters—a million acres of wilderness spotted with over 1,000 lakes—after issuing the precautionary evacuation order Saturday. The order was put in place to protect campers from the extreme risk of fire, but also as a way to preserve resources so that forest managers
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