A ceremonial burn brings good fire back to Minnesota Point
The Fond du Lac Band, Duluth, the Minnesota DNR, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service held a low-intensity burn on 17 acres, the first there in 180 years.
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A low-intensity fire is back on Minnesota Point for the first time in about 180 years. MPR News reported on October 10, 2026, that the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, the city of Duluth, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service held a ceremonial prescribed burn on 17 acres. The aim is to revive blueberries and old-growth red pine.
The partners described it as good fire: a planned, low burn, not a wildfire. It is one 17-acre treatment, not a claim that the whole point is restored. The burn follows an Indigenous practice that was pushed off this stretch of land for generations. Crews kept the flames low on purpose.
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