Emily Morrison settles in for another winter camping adventure. Submitted photoNewsEditor’s Note: Emily Morrison is a 30-year-old from Ontario, Canada. An avid camper, paddler, and winter camper, she spends much of her free time exploring the...
Eric Glasson on his 2025 deer hunt in the BWCA Wilderness. Submitted photoNewsI’ve never been one to do things the easy way. One of my wife’s earliest memories of us as a newlywed couple comes from our trip together to the Boundary Waters Canoe...
The last building Wendell Beckwith constructed and occupied is considered an architectural and ecological masterpiece, the Snail. Here, Bear and Dash stand outside the structure in Wabakimi. Photo by Claire PorterNewsSlap. Slap. Slap. In the center...
Bill Rom reviews Quetico-Superior maps in Ely. Photo by Joe FriedrichsNewsELY – We met at a golf course. Bill Rom, 80, who grew up in this town on the edge of what is now the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, chose the location. The public...
Claire and Dashwa make the trek up Fiftymile Creek in the canyon lands of the great Southwest. Photo by Bear PaulsenNewsIntroductory note. Four years ago, Ryan Rodgers wrote an article about Bob O’Hara for the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer. As...
Ron Porritt stands along a river in the BWCA Wilderness. Submitted imageThe Magazine, Subscribers OnlyEditor’s Note: Author Joe Whitson recently spoke on the Paddle and Portage Podcast about a new way of thinking about wilderness. There are...
The Big Bear Fire burns along the Salmon River in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho. Photo by M BaxleyThe Magazine, Subscribers OnlyOther than a small fire that burned in late May, known as the Horse River Fire, it’s been a...
A Minnesota woman is rescued from Eagle Mountain in the BWCA in April 2024. Photo courtesy of North Shore HealthThe Magazine, Subscribers OnlyBOUNDARY WATERS – The situation involving a Minnesota man who vanished this month near a popular area for...
This prehistoric fish found its way into a paddle trip shared in this feature. Photo courtesy of Lost Lakes YouTube ChannelThe Magazine, Subscribers OnlyWABAKIMI PROVINCIAL PARK, CANADA – At first, my husband Jon and I thought they were lake trout....
"Grandpa Dan" Cooke (front) on a paddle trip on the Kazan River. Also pictured are Claire Porter and Bear Paulsen. Submitted photo NewsDan Cooke and I met 30 years ago at a canoe symposium. I’d given a talk about a 4½ month solo trip through the...
Photo courtesy of Trygg Land Office, P.O. Box 628, Ely, MNThe Magazine, Subscribers OnlyELY – Bill Trygg Sr.’s quest began in earnest in the 1950s. The answers he sought had been felled, floated, and milled decades before. The answers were both...
Brielle Bredsten hiking the BWCA's Powwow Trail in late May 2025. Submitted photoNewsSTONY RIVER – From the comfort of the driver’s seat, blue jays and gnats were abuzz as I waited several hours for a tow to find me on some muddy, forgotten logging...
