Forest management project will have noticeable impact on Gunflint Trail in years ahead
The Kimball Project will consist of logging, burning, and planting in popular areas along the scenic National Forest highway.
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Choose Your Own Adventure – Fall Hike on the Upper Gunflint Trail
A fall hike along the edge of the Boundary Waters. Ada Igoe shares one of her favorite trails, easily accessible from the Gunflint, on marked ski trails through aspen and jackpine to incredible vistas…
Museum on Gunflint Trail opens for summer with new facilities and exhibits
Chik-Wauk Museum invites visitors to learn about regional history and enjoy the natural surroundings.
Fast Trail Reported as Minnesota Mushers Win Gunflint Dogsled Races
Mail Run featured tight competition in the snowy forests of the Canadian border.
Museum Tells Gunflint Trail Story
A former fishing camp on northeastern Minnesota’s Gunflint Trail has reopened as a museum telling the story of the natives, voyageurs, miners, loggers, and recreationists who played a role in the region’s rich history.
Gunflint Green-Up Focused on Release
Releasing young pine trees for increased growth will be the focus of the this year’s Gunflint Green-Up scheduled for Friday and Saturday, May 7 and 8. The third annual event is a community effort to help reforest areas devastated by the 2007 Ham Lake Fire.
Bringing Broadband to the North Shore
Voters in Cook County will decide on a sales tax in November that would support the construction of a fiber optic network and the expansion of high speed internet to the North Shore. Proponents argue that Internet connection is vital to economic sustainability.
Boundary Waters Prescribed Burn Update
Prescribed burns planned for the Gunflint Ranger District in September were canceled due to budget short falls, but continued fuel reduction in the blowdown is planned – weather permitting.
Gunflint Green Up Sprouts New Life In Forest – And Community
Hundreds of people descended upon the Gunflint Trail outside of Grand Marais last weekend to plant thousands of pine seedlings and green up the fire impacted forest. Wilderness News Online caught up with Quetico Superior Foundation board member and Gunflint Trail property owner Dyke Williams, who had the opportunity to join the annual event. Read our Q&A.
Gunflint Green Up 2009
Third annual Gunflint Green Up is gearing up to plant thousands of white pine and coniferous seedlings in areas of Superior National Forest impacted by the Ham Lake Fire of 2007. Register now for a spring weekend of outdoor work and great fun! May 1-3, 2009.