There was no frostbite on this day in the forest

by Jeff Olsen

On the final Wednesday in September, Leif Eidsmoe, who led a group of sophomores, faculty members and DNR foresters to the Roseau School Forest, was impressed.

"It was awesome, it was hot, and it was good," he said with a chuckle.

There are some years that the weather is absolutely lousy and bitterly cold or damp.

Not this time. By noon, it was about 80 degrees.

"That's better than rain," he said, mentioning that it was mostly the same forestry crew.

"Except we had three younger foresters who are my former students - Trevor Olsen, Keirstin Lisell and Cody Larsen. This was Cody's...