Speaker Series: "Save the Boundary Waters"
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Sun, Oct 18, 2026; 7:00 PM
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10/18/2026 7:00 PM
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Speaker Series: "Save the Boundary Waters"
The Boundary Waters suffered a major forest fire this year. But, is there an even more sinister attack happening to this unspoiled wilderness? Please join the Woods & Wetlands Sunday Speaker Series on Sunday October 18, at 7:00 PM CDT to hear an update on the events in the Boundary Waters. We will present Ingrid Lyons, Executive Director of the Save the Boundary Waters organization, to share the disturbing issues occurring now. Ingrid Lyons will introduce the work and strategies of the Save the Boundary Waters organization, which seeks to permanently protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and its watershed from sulfide-ore copper mining. A lot has happened in this effort - Ingrid will provide an update on where things currently stand on the effort, including what's next after Minnesotas Governor Tim Walz's August Executive Order, and detail how you can get involved in protecting this unique and cherished landscape.
Webinar URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84034253260?pwd=ZzXbamQq0HbqCynPpKuGgPdk8mG06o.1
Linda Tilton
lt@thetiltons.net
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Organized By: Woods and Wetlands Group
Location: Virtual
Event Organizers:
Linda Tilton
lt@thetiltons.net
Douglas Ower
doug@ower.org
The Boundary Waters in Minnesota is a 1.1-million-acre protected wilderness area known officially as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, features an immense, interconnected network of pristine lakes and streams along the Canadian border. It sits in the northern third of the Superior National Forest in Minnesota. It is known for its unspoiled interconnected lakes, rivers and boreal forests and is contiguous with the Quetico Provincial Park in Canada
The BWCW is a federally designated Wilderness Area which receives the U.S. government’s highest form of public land protection. The Boundary Waters is the largest Wilderness east of the Rockies and north of the Everglades and is one of the most accessible wilderness areas for recreation in our country.
This unspoiled region contains over 1,100 lakes and 1,200 miles of canoe routes carved by ancient glaciers. Most of the area prohibits motorboats to keep the region quiet and wild and requires visitors to travel by canoe and carry boats over the land between lakes, a process called portaging. The trails are the same ones travelled by early Native Americans and early European Voyageurs.
Please join the Woods & Wetlands Sunday Speaker Series on Sunday October 18, at 7:00 PM CDT to hear an update on activities in the Boundary Waters. We will present Ingrid Lyons, Executive Director of the Save the Boundary Waters organization, to share the disturbing events occurring now.
Ingrid Lyons will introduce the work and strategies of the Save the Boundary Waters organization, which works to permanently protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and its watershed from sulfide-ore copper mining. A lot has happened in this effort - Ingrid will provide an update on where things currently stand on the effort, including what's next after Minnesota’s Governor Tim Walz's August Executive Order, and detail how you can get involved in protecting this unique and cherished landscape.
