Dry, hot conditions are also fueling wildfires in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Written By: Dan Kraker / MPR News | 2:00 pm, Jul. 16, 2021 × Corn plant leaves roll up in response to drought and heat as the plant tries to conserve moisture. Photo taken June 22, 2021, near Frazee, Minn. (Dan Gunderson / MPR News File) Rachel Gray and her family raise beef cattle on their farm in Blackduck, in Beltrami County, in far north-central Minnesota. Right now she says they're grazing about 500 heifers, along with 17 bulls. But she said that's not going to last much longer. "We are currently running out of pasture even though we've been very careful to manage those areas,” said Gray. “It is like nothing we have seen up here."