Building History
By Laura Puckett, Wilderness News Contributor As iconic as the tall pines or the swaths of exposed granite in Quetico-Superior is the image of a canoe cutting a delicate wake across …
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Securing the Wilderness Border
By Charlie Mahler, Wilderness News Contributor The Boundary Waters. The Border Route. Those dividing “B” words have long been embedded in the names used to describe the Quetico-Superior region. The notion, …
Wildfires Strike the BWCAW and Quetico Provincial Parks
Over 31,800 acres have burned in the largest fire to hit the Boundary Waters Canoe Area region since 1894. A lightning strike near Cavity Lake on July 13th, started a wildfire …
White Pine: Can What Once Was–Ever Be Again?
Bold against the sky, the feathery branches of an old white pine have a distinctive silhouette. Although not the most abundant species in the Quetico-Superior forest today, generations have strongly identified …
Racing Across the Wilderness
These days, the pace in the Boundary Waters and Quetico is fairly slow. It’s a place of leisure, by and large, for today’s visitors. But for Ely’s Don Beland and Atikokan’s …
Wilderness News Summer 2006
The Summer 2006 issue of Wilderness News is in the mail and online, download a pdf here > What’s Inside: Wildfires Strike the BWCAW and …
North House Folk School
By Charlie Mahler, Wilderness News Contributor This month, students in Bill Lane’s saw-whet and boreal owling class at North House Folk School in Grand Marais won’t just be tromping through the …
Bill Hansen
Seeing first hand the long term wisdom contained in the Wilderness Act. Bill Hansen has had a unique relationship with the Quetico Superior region. Raised on Sawbill Lake, he saw a …
Wilderness Reflections: Paths
Along the most northern border of Minnesota, stretching from the Pigeon River to Lake Superior, is a path. The Pigeon River is shallow and very muddy. It marks the beginning of the Grand Portage, a path used by French fur traders. Thick stretches of pines line the nine mile trail. For many people the Grand Portage is a rite of passage…
Beyond Grassroots—The Nature Conservancy of Canada
By Charlie Mahler, Wilderness News Contributor “This area is not remote,” says Ilka Milne of the Nature Conservancy of Canada talking about the vast sweep of wild land that she is …
In the Image of Man
Inukshuk (ee-nook-shook) is an Inuit word meaning “in the image of man”. For those who travelled across the vastness of the Arctic, inukshuks acted as directional markers to guide those …
Spring 2006 Issue of Wilderness News
The Spring issue of Wilderness News is online and in the mail. Download a PDF here. WHAT’S INSIDE: North House Folk School This …
A Place of Grace
When two paddles dip and swing in unison, their blades pushing the water, cutting through the air, droplets trickling in an arch as they return for another stroke, the movement of …
ATVs: Revving Up for More Controversy
Management of All-Terrain Vehicle riding in Minnesota, especially in the north, continues to rev as an environmental and recreational issue. Despite a compromise law initiated by Governor Tim Pawlenty in 2003, …
Book Review: Voyageurs National Park The Battle to Create Minnesota’s National Park
by Fred T. Witzig Foreword by Elmer L. Andersen $24.95 Paperback ISBN 0-8166-4050-5 A chronicle of the legislative process that made Voyageurs National Park a reality. When President Nixon signed the …
South Fowl Lake Snowmobile Trail Access Project Stirs up Controversy
By Sally Nankivell, Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness Board Member A recent snowmobile trail controversy has resulted in a familiar scenario: local motor enthusiasts versus environmentalists, each passionately arguing over the …
Northern Minnesota Prepares for New Era in Mining
By Charlie Mahler, Wilderness News Contributor Three new mining projects inside and adjacent to the Superior National Forest signal a new era in northern Minnesota mining. In a region known world-wide …
Wilderness News Fall/Winter 2005
The Fall/Winter 2005 issue of Wilderness News is online and in the mail. Download a PDF here > Highlights: Northern Minnesota Prepares for New …
John S. Pillsbury, Jr. Remembers NWNL’s Ile de Bord
John S. Pillsbury, Jr. died on March 28th at the age of 92. We’ll remember John as the former chief executive of a life insurance company, a Minnesota gubernatorial candidate, a …
Using Science for Sustainable Forest Management
The long-range health of Minnesota’s forests will some day be improved by management decisions that better recognize the opportunities for restoring ecological forest health while maintaining economic productivity. The Minnesota Center …