Clean Water Coalition

Minnesota’s lakes, rivers, and streams—including the pristine Boundary Waters—face their greatest threat in decades from toxic copper-nickel-sulfide mining. The Clean Water Coalition is fighting back!

Water flows over rocks at the top of Curtain Falls

Stand up for the boundary waters and minnesota’s fresh waters

Friends of the Boundary Waters Clean Water Coalition is working in partnership to protect the clean waters of the BWCA, Lake Superior, Voyageurs N.P., Superior National Forest, Quetico Provincial Park, the Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers, Lake Mille Lacs and the rest of Minnesota’s 10,000+ lakes, and over 90,000 miles of rivers and streams. We need your support to help us win strong and permanent protections for clean water and the BWCA! We offer a variety of opportunities to members of the Clean Water Coalition including:

  • Monthly Zoom meetings to engage with state legislators, policymakers, other community members and civic leaders, and other businesses and nonprofit organizations. 
  • Have the Friends team present in your space or collaborate on another advocacy event. 
  • Host a display case including brochures and/or stickers from Friends of the Boundary Waters. 
  • Clean Water Coalition window cling for business/window.
  • Quarterly newsletter including member spotlights.
  • Participating in lobbying opportunities at the Minnesota and U.S. Capitols. 

We look forward to having you join our team to protect what makes Minnesota great – our clean water! We’d love to meet with you to discuss our priorities and how you can be involved and would be thrilled to work with you!

  • Abode Outside
  • American Rivers Inc
  • Angry Catfish Bicycle Shop
  • At Sara’s Table Chester Creek Cafe
  • Bang Brewing
  • Bearskin Lodge
  • Border Lakes Tour Company
  • Boreal Bliss Yoga Retreats
  • Bryan Hansel Photography
  • Cafe Imports
  • Center for Biological Diversity
  • Champlin Guys Data Recovery
  • Coalition to Save the Menominee River
  • Cook County Coalition of Lake Associations
  • Crooked Waters Spirits
  • Day Tripper of Duluth
  • Dual Citizen Brewing Co.
  • DFL Environmental Caucus
  • Duluth Coffee Company
  • Duluth for Clean Water
  • Duluth Gear Exchange
  • EarthWorks
  • Environment Minnesota
  • Friends of the Cloquet Valley State Forest
  • Glørud Design
  • Grayl
  • Hala Gear
  • History Theatre
  • The Humane Society of the United States
  • Honor the Earth
  • Hungry Jack Outfitters
  • Indivisible Twin Cities
  • Indivisible North Metro
  • Izaak Walton League of America
  • Java Moose
  • Jalen Enterprises LLC
  • Land Stewardship Project
  • League of Women Voters Minnesota
  • Loon Lake Lodge
  • Malach Consulting
  • Mend Provisions
  • Metro CD8 Indivisible
  • MiningWatch Canada
  • Minneapolis/St. Paul Bouldering Project
  • Minneapolis Cider Co.
  • Minnesota Center for Environmental Avocacy (MCEA)
  • Minnesota Environmental Partnership (MEP)
  • Minnesota Indian Affairs Council
  • MN 350
  • MN Interfaith Power and Light
  • MNSTOP
  • Mukwa
  • National Parks Conservation Association
  • New Life Presbyterian Church
  • North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS)
  • North American Water Office
  • Northbranch Area Indivisible
  • Northeast Metro Climate Action
  • Northern Coffeeworks
  • Northern Waters Smokehaus
  • Owamni
  • PILLLAR Forum Cafe
  • Pilgrim Paddles
  • Positively 3rd St Bakery
  • Repowered
  • RISE Coalition -Resilient Indigenous Sisters Engaging with our Allies
  • Rockwood Lodge and Outfitters
  • Save Lake Superior Association
  • Save Our Sky Blue Waters
  • Sawbill Outfitters
  • SD27 DFL Chapter
  • Sierra Club NorthStar Chapter
  • Stio
  • Sunrise at Macalester
  • Surfrider Maine
  • Tamarack Water Alliance
  • Techie Dudes
  • True North Map Company
  • Vikre Distillery
  • Vinai Hmong Kitchen
  • Vote Solar
  • Voyageur Canoe Outfitters
  • Voyageurs Conservancy
  • Voyageur Maps
  • Walden Coffee
  • WaterLegacy
  • Watershed Dry Bags
  • Wilde Bicycles
  • Wilderness Watch
  • Wilderness Canoe Base
  • YMCA Camp Menogyn
  • YMCA Camp Widgiwagan
  • Zenith Research Group