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The Boundary Waters Blog

| Education

Menstrual Hygiene

Your period doesn’t need to interfere with your Boundary Waters adventure! These tips and recommendations will help you be prepared for…

| Recreation

Bears in the Boundary Waters

Keep yourself, and the bears, safe when traveling in canoe country It’s day three on your Boundary Waters canoe trip,…

Hudson Bay Bound Book Cover
| Education

Water’s Perilous Journey

On a 2,000-mile journey from Minnesota to the Hudson Bay, two women and one dog travel through multiple watershed…

Hot Tent in the snow
| Recreation

Ode to a Hot Tent

Hot tenting can be described as cold days and hot nights! Learn about how to experience the magic of…

Copper Sulfide Mining would drive Climate Change - infographic
| Advocacy | Art & Science

Study: Copper Mining and Climate Change

How would copper-sulfide mining affect the climate crisis? Twin Metals and PolyMet would be a disaster for the local…

Lee Vue portaging with pack in the BWCA
| Education | People

The Shaman’s Daughter

My experiences in the BWCA are shaped and informed by my relationship with shamanism and spirits. There is an…