Fish, Forestry, and Beavers Compete for the North Shore’s Knife River
Beaver dams are problematic for trout but serve other important purposes on Lake Superior tributaries.
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How Do Wolves and Beavers Interact in Boreal Ecosystems?
Scientists are seeking to understand how much wolves depend on beaver as a food source, and how beavers protect themselves.
North Woods History: New Interactive Map Explores Time And Place
Voyageurs National Park project explores the crucial year of 1927, when aerial photos were captured of the busy border lakes.
Lawsuit Seeks to Reduce Motorboat Tow Trips in the Boundary Waters
Wilderness Watch alleges Forest Service is allowing outfitters to exceed legal limits.
A Winter Wolf Story
by Paul Schurke Ask most of us dogsledders and skiers about what we find so compelling about the Quetico Superior country in the snow season, and the answer is often the …
BOOK REVIEW North Shore: A Natural History of Minnesota’s Superior Coast
By Chel Anderson and Adelheid Fischer Published by University of Minnesota Press Reviewed by Stephanie Hemphill A book of more than 500 pages invites comparison to the Bible. North Shore: A …
Paddling on Route 66
by Larry Christianson Paddling season arrived for me with great personal meaning as this is the time where I planned to catch up to my age in the sense of arriving …
Quetico Superior Foundation Board Member Profile: Dodd Cosgrove
Board member since… “It has been long enough that I have lost track. I would guess at least twenty years.” Please tell us what your involvement with the Quetico Superior …
Wolf Hunting Halted, Controversy Continues
After three years of contentious state management, wolves are once again protected by the Endangered Species Act.
Sixty-One Acres Added to Voyageurs National Park
Private property on Rainy Lake has been purchased and will be available for public use and conservation.
Spending Spring, Summer and Fall in Canoe Country
Minnesota man completes seven-month canoe trip in the Boundary Waters. Gary Fiedler snowshoed into Fall Lake on March 20th and exited Sunday, October 26th, spending a total of 220 nights in the wilderness.
Celebrating 50 Years of the Wilderness Act
In the half century since the Boundary Waters was created, people have changed more than the wilderness itself.
Isle Royale Responds to Dwindling Wolf Population
National Park Service will undertake a broad planning process but no new wolves will be brought to the island to supplement a declining population at this time.
Reconstructing the Past
By Rob Kesselring Archaeologists are painting a picture of Quetico-Superior’s first people and what the land looked like 12,000 years ago. Crouched behind a granite boulder we wait. A damp northwest …
Meet Erik Simula, Birch Bark Canoe Builder
By Alissa Johnson For twenty years, Erik Simula has lived almost exclusively off the grid near the Minnesota and Canadian border. He hasn’t had a refrigerator or a freezer, and …
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…
Public Input Sought on Isle Royale Wolf Management
Hearings this month will offer information and ask for feedback about how to respond to the decline of the island’s wolf population.
MN DNR Updates Endangered and Threatened Species Lists
For the first time since 1996, the Minnesota DNR has updated the list of endangered and threatened animals and plants in the state, adding over 180 species. Listed species are categorized …