by Joe Friedrichs | Feb 14, 2026 | News, The Magazine
Shug (right) and M Baxley at the 2025 Winter Camping Symposium. Photo by Joe Friedrichs Shug the Hammock Cancer Diagnosed with Rare Form of Cancer By Joe Friedrichs Our friend Shug found out this week he has a rare blood disease called chronic myeloid leukemia. Shug...
by Joe Friedrichs | Feb 8, 2026 | News, The Magazine
Photo from inside Sigurd Olson’s house in Ely, now the headquarters for the Listening Point Foundation. Photo by Joe Friedrichs A Visit to Sigurd Olson’s Listening Point as Senate Nears Vote to Reverse Mining Ban By Joe Friedrichs A bill that was...
by Joe Friedrichs | Feb 7, 2026 | News, The Magazine
Joe Friedrichs (left) talks with Minnesota District 3A Candidate Aaron Kania during the Ely Winter Festival. P&P photo Talking Boundary Waters Politics with Candidate for Minnesota Legislature By Joe Friedrichs Fresh off his retirement from the U.S. Forest...
by Joe Friedrichs | Feb 5, 2026 | News, The Magazine
Ice hole on the Duncan narrows. Photo by George Pastorino Chicago Man Recounts Experience Breaking Through Ice Near BWCA’s Stairway Portage By Joe Friedrichs DUNCAN LAKE – George Pastorino knew the sound. The ice was giving way underneath him and soon at least part of...
by Joe Friedrichs | Feb 3, 2026 | News, The Magazine
Outfitters are a key source for BWCA permit information. Photo by Joe Friedrichs Canceled BWCA Permits Likely to Follow in Wake of Go Live Day By Joe Friedrichs A member of Congress from New Mexico said late last month in the nation’s capital that she wasn’t able to...
by Joe Friedrichs | Jan 26, 2026 | The Magazine
Darrell Knecht at the Two Island crossing during the 2026 Beargrease sled dog race. Photo by Joe Friedrichs Iowa Resident One of Many Volunteers Who Make Beargrease Sled Dog Race Possible By Joe Friedrichs TWO ISLAND LAKE – Darrell Knecht went fishing in the Boundary...
