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Photos: A year after BWCA fire, a forest is reborn

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Jack pine seedling
A jack pine seedling sprouts Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, in the fertile soil nearly one year after the Pagami Creek fire burned through an area near Isabella Lake.
Derek Montgomery for MPR
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Returned vegetation
One year later, the vegetation has returned and signs of the fire are slowly dissipating.
Derek Montgomery for MPR
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Jack pine seedling
A jack pine seedling sprouts Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, in the fertile soil nearly one year after the Pagami Creek fire burned through an area near Isabella Lake.
Derek Montgomery for MPR
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Reichenbach, Anderson
Kris Reichenbach, left, public affairs officer with the Superior National Forest, and Bruce Anderson, forest monitoring coordinator with the Superior National Forest, talk about regrowth of the forest on a printout of where the Pagami Creek fire burned last year. This photo was taken on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, near Isabella Lake.
Derek Montgomery for MPR