Features
What Climate Change Means for the Boundary Waters, Birds in the Border Country – Wilderness News Summer 2016
Read the new issue of the magazine, with stories covering thousands of square miles and wide-ranging topics.
Climate Change in the Northwoods, Part I: Talking About Climate Change
In a new series, Wilderness News dives into climate change as it relates to northern Minnesota and the Quetico Superior Region.
Talking About Climate Change, Celebrating Voyageurs – Wilderness News Spring 2016
IN THIS ISSUE: Climate Change in the Northwoods Part I. Something in the Water: Bent Paddle Brewing of Duluth joins the call to protect the planet’s most precious resource. Voyageurs—A Must Visit National Park: The National Park of Minnesota’s north woods celebrates the Park Service’s Centennial. Mining Update…
Minnesota Student Studies “Best-Case Scenario” for Proposed Copper Mine
Award-winning science fair project explores a Wisconsin mine’s disputed legacy as PolyMet permitting approaches.
Before and After Leave No Trace, Northern Lakes Canoe Base, Wilderness News Spring Edition
‘Before and After’ Leave No Trace – Researcher warns of increasing impacts and urges end of axe and saw culture. Camps Feature: Northern Lakes Canoe Base, where Girl Scouts go to grow, Wilderness News goes Digital, and Meet the New Quetico Park Superintendent…
State of the Boundary Waters and Paddling to DC – Wilderness News Fall Winter 2014 Issue
Cover Story: How will proposed mining, climate change, invasive species, nutrient loading, and algal blooms change the border lakes? The Quetico-Superior region of Minnesota and Canada bring to mind lake country—a landscape characterized by glacier carved lakes filled with clear, cold and clean water. Yet the list of possible impacts on northern Minnesota water quality is long: proposed mining, climate change, invasive species, nutrient loading, and algal blooms to name just a few…
State of the Boundary Waters
The Quetico-Superior region of Minnesota and Canada bring to mind lake country—a landscape characterized by glacier carved lakes filled with clear, cold and clean water. Yet the list of possible impacts on northern Minnesota water quality is long: proposed mining, climate change, invasive species, nutrient loading, and algal blooms to name just a few. In some places, like Lake of the Woods, evidence suggests that changes are already under way.
Protecting Wild Rice and 50 Years of Wilderness – Wilderness News Summer Issue
The Summer Issue of Wilderness News is Online – we look to the future of Minnesota’s Wild Rice, celebrate the fiftieth year of the Wilderness Act that created the BWCAW, and so much more.
Winter Camping in the Boundary Waters – Wilderness News Spring 2014 Issue is Online
Features about winter camping in the wilderness, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, a profile of Wilderness Canoe Base, and more.
Reflecting on the Wilderness Act
By Alissa Johnson When I was a kid, paddling the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness with my family, I didn’t realize that the final word in its name had only been …
Meet Erik Simula, Spotlight on YMCA Camp Widjiwagan, and Reconstructing the Past in the Quetico-Superior
Check out the Cover Story: Meet Erik Simula Birch Bark Canoe Builder, North House Folk School’s Instructor-in-Residence Program, YMCA Camp Widjiwagan and Archaeologists Reconstruct the Past in the Quetico-Superior region…
Sustainable Ely – Meet a Quetico Ranger – The Forest Service War on Weeds and More
The Summer Issue of Wilderness News is now online. Check out the Cover Story: Sustainable – Ely Envisioning a mining-free future for the Boundary Waters, Wilderness Voices featuring Quetico Ranger Janice Matichuk, Camp Manito-wish and Meet Board Member…
Special Mining Update: Should We Dig Near the BWCAW?
The Spring Issue of Wilderness News is in the mail and online. What’s Inside: A special feature on proposed mining near the BWCAW, a look at Northern Tier High Adventure Program, and more…
Surfing the Lake Superior, Stewardship in Quetico Superior Wilderness Region
A new group of outdoor enthusiasts is becoming a force for good on the North Shore—one that might be surprising to fans of traditional wilderness travel…
Working Together to Protect Wilderness
The Summer 2012 Issue of Wilderness News is in the mail and now online. The theme is Working Together to Protect Wilderness — check out a few highlights below. What’s …
Ernest C. Oberholtzer: Lifetime Advocate
“Destroy the beauty of the visible shores and islands of these lakes and rivers and you destroy the whole charm and pleasurable utility of the region for the public,” Ober wrote to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Fostering Wilderness Advocacy – Wilderness News Spring Issue
The Quetico Superior Foundation launches a new look for the print edition of Wilderness News with the Spring 2012 Issue.
Special Issue: Fire in the BWCAW
In September 2011, a naturally-occurring wildfire burned over 100,000 acres in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness this year. We follow its progression through interviews, revealing photos, and maps, how the fire started, grew, and the response and containment efforts.
BWCAW Fire Largest in Minnesota Since 1918
The Pagami Creek Fire, which has so far consumed some 100,000 acres of Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness forest, is the largest forest fire in Minnesota since 1918.