by Joe Friedrichs | Aug 19, 2026 | News, The Magazine
BWCA Wilderness sign at Seagull Lake. Photo by Joe Friedrichs Walz’s Executive Order to Protect the BWCA Only the Latest Move in the Wilderness Chess Match By Joe Friedrichs A Paddle & Portage subscriber who lives out of state reached out late in the day Aug. 18...
by Joe Friedrichs | Aug 17, 2026 | The Magazine
Bruce Carlson in Grand Marais, a gateway to the BWCA. Photo by Joe Friedrichs The Science of Fishing the Boundary Waters By Joe Friedrichs The basic formula for consistently catching fish in the Boundary Waters, according to Minnesota fish researcher and writer Bruce...
by Joe Friedrichs | Aug 13, 2026 | News, The Magazine
A sign posted by the Forest Service at the Greenwood Lake public landing showing a map of prescribed fire activity in 2026. Photo by Joe Friedrichs Cabin Owners, Forest Service Split on Benefits and Timing of Prescribed Fire Near the BWCA By Joe Friedrichs The first...
by Joe Friedrichs | Aug 9, 2026 | The Magazine
Ryan Rodgers at an old cabin near Spaulding Lake in the BWCA. Photo by Joe Friedrichs Discovering an Old Cabin and Silver Mine in the BWCA By Ryan Rodgers GUNFLINT TRAIL – I had bushwhacked halfway down the lake without finding one bit of the rusting machinery or...
by Joe Friedrichs | Aug 7, 2026 | The Magazine
Lloyd Speck navigates Greenwood Lake. Photo by Joe Friedrichs Fishing For Trout with a Cook County Legend: Stories From Greenwood By Joe Friedrichs GREENWOOD LAKE – Lloyd Speck once had to club an attacking beaver with a canoe paddle to prevent it from biting his leg....
by Joe Friedrichs | Aug 5, 2026 | The Magazine
Roberta Laidlaw in the BWCA. Submitted photo After the Closure: A Return to the Boundary Waters By Roberta Laidlaw SAWBILL LAKE – As we pushed off from the Sawbill dock, I felt a rush of joy. Today would be our first Boundary Waters canoe trip in 2026. Due to the fire...
