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| People | Recreation

A Delicious Time and Place

Chef JD Fratzke’s wilderness recipes and remembrances transport you to another place and time for a delicious Boundary Waters meal.

A canoe on a rock by some trees by the lake in the Boundary Waters
| Advocacy

A Big, Bleak, Beastly Bill

Public lands near the Boundary Waters were nearly lost to copper-sulfide mining. Learn how we fought back—and what’s next.

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