The Carlton Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting a new workshop in its efforts to protect property owners from forest fires.

The “Learn to Become Firewise” program will take place 6:30 to 8 p.m. on April 26 at the Cloquet Public Library.

The Firewise program addresses the risk of wildland fires to homes in wildland and urban areas. As more homes are built in the woods and fields of Minnesota, the current firefighting resources are less able to protect everyone's property while trying to control wildfires. Homes close to evergreens and the tall grasses of prairies or marshes a...