A land of legislation (and wilderness?). Photo by Joe Friedrichs ST. PAUL – State Senator Grant Hauschild went fishing for the votes of some Boundary Waters enthusiasts this month. Most regional media took the bait. In a move that some media...
Emily Morrison and her crew prep for another winter camping adventure. Submitted photoThe MagazineEditor’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...
The author of this story and his mother, Cheryl. This was the last time the two were able to spend together outdoors. Photo courtesy of the Janis familyThe MagazineIt was a Canoecopia presentation by Rob Kesselring that introduced me to Jack...
Harmony found on a trip to the Boundary Waters. Photo by Fish Brain Shane“Let’s take a step back here. Let’s talk in person. Let’s not read into what somebody says. And if we’re willing to say something online, let’s be willing to back it up in a...
Photo by Joe FriedrichsSarah Kremer is a music teacher and musician who lives in Minnesota. She’s also a paddler. Her first trip was a 30-day epic to Woodland Caribou. She was a teenager on that first trip. The next summer, she paddled to Hudson...
Joe Friedrichs deals with slush on a lake up the Gunflint Trail. P&P photoThe slush monster. The fear it brings creeps up the spine of ice anglers like the first waves of nausea after eating raw meat cooked over a BWCA campfire. There are...
A group of friends continued their trip to the BWCA despite a memorable snowstorm in February. Submitted photoFour Minnesota residents traveled to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness following a memorable snowstorm in mid-February 2026. The...
Brian Johnston and Gerry Reichsiedler on the Lorillard River. Photo by Jim GallagherNewsA paddler new to the Arctic might survive their first trip by luck alone, but not dying is a very low standard to measure success. Completing many rivers over...
Shug (right) and M Baxley at the 2025 Winter Camping Symposium. Photo by Joe FriedrichsOur friend Shug found out this week he has a rare blood disease called chronic myeloid leukemia. Shug introduced the joys of hammock camping to people all over...
Photo from inside Sigurd Olson's house in Ely, now the headquarters for the Listening Point Foundation. Photo by Joe FriedrichsA bill that was introduced by a Minnesota Congressman to overturn a 20-year mining ban near the Boundary Waters is...
Joe Friedrichs (left) talks with Minnesota District 3A Candidate Aaron Kania during the Ely Winter Festival. P&P photoFresh off his retirement from the U.S. Forest Service, Aaron Kania announced in January 2026 his candidacy for the Minnesota...
Ice hole on the Duncan narrows. Photo by George PastorinoDUNCAN LAKE – George Pastorino knew the sound. The ice was giving way underneath him and soon at least part of his body would be in the water. A casual snowshoe trek Wednesday, Feb. 4 in the...
