friends of the boundary waters wilderness fall 2014 newsletter

8/10/2019 Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness Fall 2014 Newsletter

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This November, theSuperior National Forestgrew a little bit, by 28acres to be precise. After several years of waiting for funding, the SuperiorNational Forest took pos-session of two parcelsdirectly across from theFall Lake Campground.Instead of seeing develop-ment at the edge ofthe wilderness, this landhas now been perma-nently protected as partof the Superior NationalForest, thanks to Friendsmembers and donors.

The Friends of theBoundary Waters Wilder-ness has many programsto protect the BWCAand keep it wild. On e of them is land acquisitionthrough the Edge of the Wilderness Fund. The Edge of the WildernessFund is used to protect lands bordering (or in close proximity to) theBWCA Wilderness with an eye toward protecting land with specificcharacteristics. Some of these include connecting canoe routes,creating new ones, protecting special scenic, cultural or ecological

values, and preventing development or degradat ion of wildernesscharacter. Its a revolving fund, administered in partnership

with the Trust for Public Land. When the Superior National Forest becomes aware of privately

held properties with owners that wish to sell, the Edge of the Wilderness Fund can be used to acquire these proper ties andhold them until appropriations are available for the federalgovernment to purchase them. Then the fund can be used toprotect and hold another critical property. Previously, the Fund

was used to acquire and convey the former Chainsaw Sist ersproperty near the Mudro Lake entry point. After the ChainsawSisters saloon went out of business, the owners wanted to sell the

30 acre property. If it hadbeen sold and developed,it could have deniedaccess to the wildernessat Mudro Lake. The Edgeof the Wilderness Fundallowed us to preserveaccess to this popular entry point.

The Fall Lake-Duvalland Fall Lake-Laur proper-ties total more than 28acres, have nearly 1,000feet of frontage on FallLake, and share a quarter of a mile boundary withthe BWCAW. They are lo-cated within the MiningProtection Zone of theSuperior National Forestand are primarily uplandforest with some forested

we tla nd s. Th ey we reamong the last privately

owned properties located on the northern peninsula of Fall Lake.These parcels were highly developable as they are located on amotorized entry point to the BWCAW. The protection of the scenicand recreational attributes of the properties was important to theSuperior National Forest, since the renovated Fall Lake campgroundis located across the lake.

Also, in a separate transact ion, the Superior National Forestannounced in November that they had completed a land swap on the

western edge of the BWCA with two private property owners andCrane Lake Township. In that swap, the Forest Service exchanged fed-eral land in and near the town of Crane Lake needed for developmentand for a future town hall for 265 acres adjacent to the BWCAW.

These moves to protect land at the edge of Boundary Watersare good news for the wilderness itself. Thanks to the foresight of donors who allowed us to establish the Friends's Edge of the

Wilderness Fund, we can continue to identify critical lands andpreserve them for the future. !

Friends protects more landat the Edge of the Wilderness

This Fall Lake shoreline is now permanently protected.

The Friends mission is to protect, preserve and restore the wilderness character of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wildernessand the Quetico-Superior Ecosystem. The organization was founded in 1976.

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The National Wilderness Confer-ence in Albuquerque, New Mexicothis month was a celebration of fifty years of the Wilderness Act anda dissection of all the challengesconservationists will face in the

next fifty years. The Friends staffattended along with over a thou-sand other advocates, land man-agers and stakeholders in order tolearn from the elders and network

with a national audience. And, of course, to tell all who would listenabout the sulfide mining threat to the Boundary Waters, our nationsmost visited wilderness.

I was lucky enough to present about our work with the Heart of theContinent Partnership and our collaborative work with the National Ge-ographic Society to form a Geotourism destination for the Border Lakesregion of Minnesota and Ontario. After I was finished, Vance Martin,President of the WILD Foundation, came up to me to say that is exactly the kind of work we need to be doing in order to preserve the Boundary

Waters not just for now, but for the long haul.The two things I got out of the conference were the fact that the

Friends has our strategic focus in the right areas - preventing mining within the watershed of the wilderness, and building the next generationof wilderness stewards and advocates - and the prevalence ofthe tension between the need to FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT andcollaborate, collaborate, collaborate. The Fight always seems to belouder! Both of these realizations made me hopeful that our work is onthe right track, and that the parts of our work that are challenging arethings that all wilderness advocates are struggling with.

No one can say the Friends has not been fighting on the sulfidemining issue over the last five years. Even a cursory look at our staff timeand resource allocation shows it is consistently our number one issue.The Friends board and staff consider it the largest conservation issue for the wilderness of our generation. It will remain so until permanentprotections are gained for the watershed. It is how, when and where wechoose to fight that is critical as we strive to meet our mission of a pro-tected and safe wilderness. In this we choose strategic battles and workto gain the most allies in the right places to reach our goal. It is here thatcollaborating comes into play.

Rest assured, the Friends collaborates where we can and fights where we must to preserve the Boundary Waters we cherish. It was nice toknow that so many at the National Wilderness Conference and the LakeSuperior Wilderness Conference in Duluth recognized and respected theFriends recent work. I came away feeling secure in the knowledge thatthe Friends are on the right track with our strategic priorities of preventingmining within the wilderness watershed and promoting the valueof wilderness to a new generation, assisting them in their efforts tocherish and preserve it for the next fifty years. !

Executive Director Corner

Executive Director, Paul Danicic

Were pleased to announce thatTonia Kittelson has joined theFriends staff as Northern Com-munities Program Director. Toniastarted in mid-November andis based in Duluth.

Tonia has spent her lifeprotecting waters, woods,

wildl ife and prai ries througheducation, collaborative projects,and community engagement.

She knows the BWCAW well from leading month-long wildernessexpeditions for five years with Voyageur Outward Bound School,

which has been based at the edge of the wilderness for fifty years.Tonia received her BS from the University of Minnesota, focusing

on natural resource management and conflict resolution,environmental education, and outdoor recreation. Her Masters inCommunity Building and Leadership Skills is from the College of the

Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine. In her professional role as the Director of Leadership and Engagement at the College of the Atlantic, Toniadesigned and managed programs, budgets, logistics, and fundraisingfor a wilderness education program for six years.

With over 900 days afield (over half of these in the BWCAW), Toniabrings a broad perspective to effectively managing natural resourcesand human demands. She has explored wild areas in Minnesota,Maine, Texas, Mexico, Norway, Costa Rica, and Canada and seen a

vast array of governmental, private industry, non-profit, and citizenorganization approaches to land and water management.

As a skilled facilitator, Tonia excels at listening to people andunderstanding various perspectives. She has helped lead collabora-tive natural resource projects with the National Park Service, county and municipal boards, private timber companies, colleges, commu-nity organizations, and citizens. Tonia is also familiar with using con-servation easements and land acquisition to protect natural areas and

volunteers with The Nature Conservancy to do so at the watershedand landscape levels. You can find Tonia working where people andnature meet, and playing outside.

Please welcome Tonia to the Friends and watch for her in northernMinnesota, working to protect the Boundary Waters. !

Welcome our newNorthern Communities

Program Director Tonia Kittelson

Donate resources to help us accomplish our work: Northern Minnesota is slippery in the winter! If you have

a 4WD truck or vehicle youd be willing to donate for ourNorthern Communities work, please contact Cori at612-332-9630 or [email protected]

Thank you to the members who donated in the last year. !

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Policy Update By Betsy Daub, Policy Director

Twin MetalsOn November 3, the Chilean company that was a partner in the

proposed mine at the edge of the Boundary Waters Wilderness, tookover the entire mine project. Antofagasta acquired from its Canadianpartner, Duluth Metals, the rights to 100 percent of the proposedTwin Metals project. The acquisition is being called a "friendly takeover." What it means for the development of this proposed mineis not yet certain. What has not changed is the high risk of developinga sulfide mine in the water-rich environment next to the BWCAW. TheFriends maintains this is not an appropriate location for such a pol-luting kind of industry, and we continue to work with policymakersto help them understand the risks.

PolyMet CommentsThe lead agencies have identified 567 individual issue "themes"

from reviewing the nearly 58,000 public comments they received onthis proposed sulfide mine near Babbitt, Minnesota. The state and

federal agencies now have the task of trying to address these many substantive issues. Commissioner Tom Landwehr of the MinnesotaDepartment of Natural Resources has stated that a Final Environmen-tal Impact Statement may be ready for public release in Spring 2015.

A Mining Truth analysis of the public comments showed that morethan 98 percent of the remarks reflected opposition to the mine or highlighted significant concerns.

PolyMet Land Exchange As part of the proposed development of the PolyMet Mine, the Su-

perior National Forest is analyzing a land exchange, in which they would give the mining company over 6,000 public acres of high quality peatlands for the mine site, and PolyMet would purchase other land togive to the Forest Service. When the Forest Service considers land ex-changes, it must determine that such an action would translate into abenefit in serving the public interest. The Friends believes as proposedthe exchange does not serve the public interest, and that the ForestService has not demonstrated to date that it meets this standard. Thepublic would lose a contiguous, high-functioning ecosystem in ex-change for fragmented parcels. Some of the parcels do not even come

with the mineral rights, meaning future mining conflicts may plaguethese sites as well. We continue to discuss these issues with the Supe-rior National Forest and track their deliberation process. Most of thisinformation is being withheld from public review at this time. The For-est Service tells the Friends this will be available for public review whenthe Final Environmental Impact Statement is released if we file a Free-dom of Information Request.

Northshore MiningNorthshore Mining, a taconite mining company, has proposed an

expansion of its Peter Mitchell mine pit that would expose significantamounts of sulfide rock. Potentially polluted mine drainage would flow toward the BWCAW. The Friends submitted formal comments on theEnvironmental Assessment Worksheet for this project, and urged thata more detailed Environmental Impact Statement be prepared. Webelieve greater analysis and mitigation measures are required for thisproposed project in order to protect clean water, important wildlifehabitat, and the BWCAW and surrounding communities. !

How many miles is 22,616 rods?

Dont bother getting out your calculator - its about 70 miles. Its alsothe length of portage trails that volunteers brushed and cleared this

year through the Superior Wilderness Volunteer Connection program.For the last several years, the Friends has partnered with the Su-

perior National Forest and REI to administer this program connecting volunteers who want to give back to the wilderness with opportuni-ties and training. Since wilderness work is challenging and the toolsare somewhat specialized (two-person cross cut saws, for example),a formal program like this one is essential.

In 2014, volunteers working through the Superior Wilderness Volunteer Connection did an amazing amount of work to maintainportages and campsites in the BWCA.

Volunteers are incredibly important to maintaining the parts of the BWCA that you might encounter as a visitor. Thanks to them for

all of their hard work, and thanks to REI and Superior National Forestfor partnering with us. !

2014 Volunteer Programby the Numbers

402 Days in the field422 Campsites surveyed614 Campsites maintained147 Waterbars cleared

6 Tent pads rebuilt48 Miles of hiking /ski trail cleared

2 Latrines Repaired493 Hazard trees cleared

22,616 Rods of portages brushed and cleared88 Latrines dug

919 Trees bucked107 Latrine trails cleared/brushed

19 Firegrates cleaned or reset5 Acres of noxious weeds abated

Volunteers clearing portages in the BWCAW.Photo: Wilderness Volunteers


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Every year, we have several interns that work on projects for theFriends and gain experience and confidence in conservation lead-ership. Its part of our work to develop the next generation of

wilderness stewards. Arielle Johnson is thrilled to be theCommunity Outreach Intern with the

Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilder-ness this fall! Her main project hasinvolved conducting cabin owneroutreach to over 7,000 landowners inthe Arrowhead region. In an effort toreach out to individuals and families

who live on the edge of the wilderness,the Friends will be hosting community

gatherings to effectively engage people directly affected by mining.These listening sessions will give northern community members anopportunity to voice their concerns, ideas, and reflections about theregion. Gatherings are scheduled to take place in the Twin Citiesthroughout January and February, as well as up North this summer.

Before interning with the Friends, Arielle studied psychology andenvironmental science at St. Olaf College, where she developed her passion for social justice and protecting and preserving the environ-ment. In addition to the internship, Arielle is currently workingat Neighborhood House, a nonprofit community center on the WestSide of St. Paul. As College Access Coordinator, Arielle organizes andfacilitates all college-related services for Neighborhood House partic-ipants and manages community outreach and engagement for theCollege Access Program. Arielle is an avid cyclist, an enthusiastic

volunteer for MPR, and a lover of the outdoors.

Allison Dobscha grew up in Portland,Oregon. I loved spending time outdoors,hiking and camping around the rainy Northwest. As a senior at Macalester College in Saint Paul, I have been lucky to be able to spend the last three yearsexploring all that Minnesota has tooffer. In the summer of 2013, I workedas a crew leader for the ConservationCorps of Minnesota, building trail fea-

tures and pulling invasive plants alongside my crew of high school stu-dents This past summer, I carried my passion for environmentaleducation with me to Houston, Texas, where I interned with theStudent Conservation Association, creating a local curriculum for SCAs urban high school program.

At Macalester, I am majoring in English literature with minors inBiology and Hispanic Studies. I recently led an orientation trip for incoming Macalester freshman to the Boundary Waters. We discussedtheir fears and hopes around a campfire, sang in our canoes on a

windy lake, and listened to loons in the distance. I cannot imaginea better way to begin my final year of college.

I am excited to be working on a variety of tasks and projects for theFriends this fall, from assisting with membership materials andcommunications to expanding a report on the potential effects of theproposed Twin Metals project. I helped develop the Friends new legacy giving program, and am enjoying taking part in staff meetings,dynamic discussions, and events like Brews and Canoes and the AnnualGathering. My internship thus far has taught me much about advocacy,development, and the daily operations of an environmental nonprofit,and I look forward to the rest of my semester with the Friends. !

What is it like to attend a Heart ofthe Continent Partnership meeting?Meet our Interns

By Allison Dobscha and Arielle Johnson, Friends Interns

In November we had the privilege of taking part in a quarterly meetingfor the Heart of the Continent Partnership , a coalition of Canadianand American organizations working together to sustain the economy,ecosystems, and culture of the Ontario/Northeastern Minnesotaregion. Before the HOCP meeting, we expected to simply sit, listen,and absorb everything we could from upcoming meetings and events.

We did not initially anticipate that our own voices and opinions wouldbe valued and encouraged by the HOCP participants, but we werepleasantly surprised to find they really wanted the input of young people.

It was good to have a forum to voice the importance of teaching young people about conservation both in the wilderness and at home,and the need to engage communities of color. We brainstormed ideasfor how to better educate children and families about the kinds ofoutdoor activities available in this beautiful part of the continent.

We were proud to be included in this discussion and to find that wehad opinions worth contributing. These conversations are common inthe Friends office, but we were excited and energized by how many or-ganizations were interested in tackling the same issues through collab-oration as well. HOCP struck us as a unique group, committed todialogue even in the face of challenges and boundaries. Our experienceat the meeting genuinely raised our hopes for the future of environ-mental problem solving, and for our own roles in it. !

Quarterly meeting for the Heart of the Continent Partnership.

The Heart of the Continent Partnership(HOCP) is a Canadian/American coalitionof land managers and local stakeholders

working together on cross-border projects that promote the eco-nomic, cultural and natural health of the lakes, forests and com-munities on the Minnesota/Ontario border. Since 2009, over 90organizations have participated in HOCP meeting or initiatives.

Whats HOCP working on now? National Geographic Geotourism Initiative Heart of the

Continent Partnership has raised the funds and is working with

National Geographic Maps to launch the new binationalgeotourism website for the Heart of the Continent in Spring2015. Geotourism focuses on the unique landscapes,communities, places, and people that make an area special. Do

you have suggest ions for travelers and tourists? You cannominate your favorite place or local business right nowat: www.traveltheheart.org .

Volunteer Connection HOCP maintains a webpage with volunteer opportunities on public lands on both sides of theborder. If youre interested in volunteering to do trail orcampsite maintenance, check it out.

Go to heartof thecontinent.org to learn more. !



Photo Contest Winner

Friends Raises $43kon Give to the Max Day

Brews and Canoesis a blockbuster success

We got this great photo from Carin Mrotz, who won our Facebook Photo Contest this summer. It features her son Henry, the subject of

the winning photo, holding the framed print that was the top prize. !

If you missed our sold out Brewsand Canoes award event inSeptember, you missed a greattime and a chance to toast the 50th

Anniversary of the Wilderness Act with fellow BWCA lovers. Nine

Minnesota craft breweries com-peted in five judged categories,and the 200 attendees voted for their favorite in the Spirit of theBoundary Waters category. Thehighest scoring beer of the night

was Leaf Raker Nut Brown Ale by Mankato Brewery , winningthe top prize, the LEtoile du Nord award.

Media coverage of the event was extensive, and allowed us to reachtens of thousands of people with a message celebrating the Boundary

Waters, the Wilderness Act, and reinforcing the value of both. Over ten million times, people were exposed to a message on television,newspapers, or online during the run up to the event.

The connection between Minnesotas craft brewing industry andthe wilderness is strong. Brewers across the country have taken a stand

for clean water. Several of Minnesotas craft beer brands (like Bent Pad-dle in Duluth and Indeed Brewing in Minneapolis) are built aroundadventure and exploration. And in the end, it seemed right to raise atoast to the Wilderness Act. For all of these reasons, we were thrilledto work with breweries to raise the profile of the Boundary Waters.

As we went around the room chatting with brewers, every one of them felt a strong and direct connection to the Boundary Waters. As onebrewer said, we get invitations to events like this all the time, but wereally wanted to do this one because it was about the Boundary Waters.

Watch for future Brews and Canoes events. This one was a hugesuccess, and were thinking of ways we can something like it again

very soon. Congratulations to all of the winning breweries and thanksto all who came and made this a special night! !

Brews and Canoes WinnersBest Northern Lights

Light-bodied, light-colored beers includingbut not limited to lagers and pilsners

Lift Bridge Brewery Getaway Pilsner

Best Night SkiesHeavy-bodied, dark-colored beers

including but not limited to ales and stouts Mankato Brewery Leaf Raker Nut Brown Ale

Fish Frys Finest Best beer pairing with a shore lunch

Indeed Brewing Day Tripper Pale Ale

Best Campfire CompanionBest beer to drink around a campfire with friends Lift Bridge Chestnut Hill Brown Ale

Call of the WildMost pioneering brew or experimental beer

Bent Paddle Brewing/Fitgers Brewhouse Red Smoke Rye Ale

Spirit of the Boundary Waters As chosen by Brews and Canoes tasting event guests

Dangerous Man Brewing Company Imperial Hemp Brown Ale & Lake Monster Empty Rowboat IPA Firkin (tie)

Brews and Canoes winners fromMankato Brewery.

Each year, Minnesotans and people acrossthe country have the unique opportunity to pitch in and offer support for theorganizations, issues, and places that areimportant to them. This year was nodifferent. On November 13, donors like

you inspired a state and energized thou-sands of nonprofit organizations.

Through our member and publicsupport, the Friends raised over $43,000on Give to the Max Day this year! These

funds will go directly toward our work on sulfide mining, wildernesseducation, and building the next generation of advocates forthe BWCAW.

Thank you to everyone who participated, plugged-in, and spreadthe word. You make our work possible and we are grateful for

your support. !


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The Friends Annual Gathering was held on November 6th and was a wonderful evening of fellowship, reflection on the value of wilder-ness, and the long journey to keep it wild.

The night featured honors for the dedicated service of outgoingBoard Chair Pete Fleming, and for Loll Designs, winner of the Friends

Annual Conservation Award. Loll is a Duluth-based company that usesrecycled materials to manufacture outdoor furniture and kitchen ac-cessories. Loll has also been a 1% for the Planet partner of the Friendsfor several years.

The keynote speaker was Jaime Pinkham, Native Nations Vice Pres-ident for the Bush Foundation and board member of the WildernessSociety and American Rivers. His speech Standing at the LookingBack Place, stressed the importance of looking back at our successesin protecting wilderness, but also the importance of looking forwardto protect wilderness for generations yet to come.

In his words:Someday, my granddaughters will have grandchil-

dren who will be students of my history. What will theylearn? Will they learn about how we failed to act, or

how poorly we acted? Or will they learn about how wewere qualified in our time to overcome divisiveness and collectively respond to our challenges with honesty and

hard work? And, if there is unfinished work it willbe their generation who will inherit these tasks, andlet it be a generation that also inherits a legacy ofunderstanding and respect.

You may hear some Indian people talk of the Seventh

Generation. That being the generation we focus oureffort towards, to prepare this world for them. Measured by time it is far from our reach, but measured by our

actions today it is well within our touch. So, our greatest honor is not by celebrating among ourselves today.The greatest honor lingers in the future when our grand-children pause to look back and say, Our elders, our

grandmothers and grandfathers, did do it right.

Thanks to Jaime Pinkham, Pete Fleming, Loll Designs and all of the members who joined us. !

Friends Annual Gathering LooksBack at Fifty Years of Wilderness

Amy and Dave Freeman Complete100 Day Paddle to D.C.

Jaime Pinkham addresses Friends members.

Amy and Dave Freeman paddling out of Duluth harbor in September.

The Freemans portaging Sig past the Washington Monument.Photo credit: Nate Ptacek

An amazing journey to bring awareness of the threat that sulfidemining poses to the Boundary Waters has reached a successfulconclusion.

Amy and Dave Freeman, 2014 National Geographic Adventurersof the Year, just completed their 100 day journey to deliverpetitions from Ely to Washington D.C. on December 3rd. U.S.Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell accepted Sig, their petitioncanoe, to be displayed in the Forest Service building. The petition

calls for the protect ion of the Boundary Waters from sulfide miningproposals like Twin Metals. After delivering their petition, Dave, Amy, and about other forty Minnesotans visit ed with polit icalleaders across D.C. to tell them about the need to protect theBoundary Waters from this threat.

The Friends of the Boundary Waters, along with thirteen other organizations, are members of the Campaign to Save the Boundary

Waters. We work with this coalition and many others (like MiningTruth and the Minnesota Environmental Partnership) to protect theBWCA from sulfide mining.

Congratulations Dave and Amy! Thanks for paddling, sailing, andportaging the message that the BWCA needs to be protected all the

way from Minnesota to the halls of Congress. !



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This year, the Friends is offering Special Gift MembershipPackages . Each membership purchased through our holidaydrive, includes a bonus gift. To place your order, use the formbelow or visit: www.friends-bwca.org .!

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STAFF:

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Program Director Aaron Klemz, Communications and

Engagement Director Cori Mattke, Membership and

Operations Director

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

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Steve HoffmanDick KruegerTim LewisTom Mahlum, Chair Dan Pauly, Vice Chair Matt Poppleton, Secretary Steve SafranskiSue SchurkeKim Young

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If your company does not have MEF as a giving option,please contact Friends at 612-332-9630 .

Winter Wilderness Weekend January 16-19, 2015

This winter, take a snowy adventure on the GunflintTrail and join the Friends for the 5th Annual

Winter Weekend at YMCA Camp Menogyn .The Winter Weekend provides the opportunity to

spend four days skiing, snowshoeing, playing in the snow,and exploring the wilderness in its coolest season. It's agreat way to get outdoors and get to know other Friendsmembers and staff. All programming, meals, and lodgingare included in the price of admission - $195 for adults,

$100 for youth, and free for kids under 6 years of age. !

Registration is ongoing and spaces are limited.For more information, visit our website or give us acall at 612-332-9630 .

Leave A Legacy Keep the Wilderness Forever Wild

The Friends is excited to introduce the new Forever Wild Society , a league of donors recognizedfor their commitment to supporting the Boundary Waters through planned giving.

Benefits of membership include special updates and communications from the Friends office,invitations to private events, and the knowledge that your contributions will help us ensure thelong-term protection of the Boundary Waters Wilderness. By including the Friends in your estateplans, you will continue to provide the necessary funding for our ongoing projects including our

work on sustainable development in northern communities, campsite and portage managementin the wilderness, internship opportunities for young advocates, and the sponsorship of conser-

vation focused youth paddling experiences.Designating the Friends in your will is not difficult, and we are happy to discuss planned giving

options with you. We hope you will help us ensure that the wilderness has an advocate for yearsto come, and that our grandchildren are able to enjoy the same life-changing Boundary Watersexperiences we have known.

If you have already made a bequest to the Friends, please let us know so we can thank youfor your contribution and welcome you to the Forever Wild Society. !

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