One Artist’s Mission to Document the Changing North
Friends has partnered with artist and photographer Benjamin Olson, who has set out on an ambitious project to document…
The Boundary Waters Blog
Two Mines. Two Watersheds.
One Threat
PolyMet is the snowplow that will clear the way for more sulfide mines in northeastern Minnesota, including Twin Metals…
How Cozy Is Twin Metals With the Trump Administration?
There is troubling evidence that a foreign corporation, Antofagasta, lobbied the Department of the Interior to open up the…
The Battle Over Roads in the Boundary Waters
In the 1920s, the issue of where to build roads and how to manage the wilderness character of northeastern…
40 Years of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
The creation of BWCAW was mired in controversy. The disputes surrounding the 1978 bill that gave the area full…
It’s Time to Make Protecting the BWCAW Into a National Issue
To protect the Boundary Waters, we need make the fight against sulfide mining a national issue. An abundance of…