Watch the Protect Minnesota’s Wilderness public service announcements, featuring local residents and businesspeople talking about the economic, spiritual and

Wild Things Need Wild Places

Accompanied by his amazing photographs of wilderness and wildlife in the Boundary Waters, renowned photographer Jim Brandenburg talks about the necessity of protecting Minnesota’s last wild places.

Healing Sounds of Wilderness

Father Roger Weaver, East Range Episcopal Churches says wilderness heals him, gives him life, faith and trust.

Wild Places Nourish Us

Don Johnson of the Listening Point Foundation talks about the values of wild places and wilderness.

Pass This Heritage On

Hans Olsen talks about how important it is to him to pass on the wilderness of northern Minnesota to his granddaughters Lily and Anna Mae.

We Need This Wilderness to Survive

Paul Schurke (Wintergreen Dogsledding Lodge) and and Sue Schurke (Wintergreen Designs) of Ely, Minnesota talking about how their businesses depend on the wilderness of northern Minnesota.

Wilderness Deserves Support

Accompanied by his amazing photographs of wilderness and wildlife in the Boundary Waters, renowned photographer Jim Brandenburg talks about how wild places contribute to our Minnesota’s quality of life in the same way that the Walker Art Museum and other cultural institutions do.