The Boundary Waters Blog

Image of a sunset in the Boundary Waters
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1999 BWCA Blowdown – A Storm Like No Other

Revisit the 1999 BWCA Blowdown in Cary Griffith’s “Gunflint Falling,” with fascinating survivor stories, rescues and a forest’s recovery.

| People

Being Present to the Starlight

Delve into a new night sky book where Western science and Indigenous knowledge work together to explore our place in…

| People

Opening the Wild

A man who became paralyzed after an accident strives to create a wilderness resort for people with disabilities near the…

Hennessy racing in a snowy tree-filled scene in the boundary waters in a sled behind a team of dogs during the brief hours of winter sunlight.
| People | Recreation

From the Boundary Waters to the Iditarod

Follow a young woman’s journey from dog sledding in the Boundary Waters to racing in the Iditarod, the most famous…