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Savoring the final days in paradise
Blue Springs Examiner
Editor's Note: This is the last in a series of columns about life, people and adventure in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Today: Coming Out. ...

Backpacker Photo School: Man-Made Aurora Borealis?
Backpacker Magazine (blog)
Minnesota photographer and frequent BACKPACKER contributor Layne Kennedy is an expert on shooting the Boundary Waters and other parts of the North Country. ...

What can you do to help needy among us?
Janesville Gazette (blog)
This spring, in anticipation of the Boundary Waters trip I took in August, I bought a pair of hiking shoes at a local store. They seemed to fit well, ...

Canoeing the Boundary Waters
KCRG
By John Campbell MINNESOTA - You must be ready for almost anything when you enter the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in ...

Heather Brown leaving WCCO-TV for job in New York City
Pioneer Press
... in Fargo and southeastern Minnesota, the Republican National Convention and the Boundary Waters fire as some of the more memorable events she's covered. ...

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Group: Runoff from old copper mine is toxic
Post-Bulletin
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness said it found toxic metals in water samples from the old copper exploration site about 15 miles southeast of Ely, ...

IJC to expand scope of study on changing water levels in Great Lakes
Dredging News Online
Great Lakes Seaway News reports that the International Joint Commission (IJC), the binational body set up by the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 to prevent ...

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Northwoods sampler returns
UMD Statesman
UMD students pay $125 for a weekend on the edge of the Boundary Waters. This is the perfect trip for less experienced campers, no tents involved! ...

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Group: Runoff from old mine in NE Minn. is toxic
KTTC
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness says it found toxic metals in water samples from the old copper exploration site about 15 miles southeast of Ely, ...
Test Shows Harmful Runoff at Old Mine SiteNorthland's NewsCenter

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PTC Presbyterian youth will receive Eagle Scout Award
The Citizen.com
He has served as Senior Patrol Leader and has participated in the High Adventure activities at Double H in New Mexico and Boundary Waters in Canada. ...

I wish I'd bought that bird a bus ticket
Minnesota Public Radio
It was October in the Boundary Waters. It had been raining for two days. We were three young guys hunkered down in a ...

Runoff from copper site near BWCAW said to be toxic
Duluth News Tribune
Friends of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area say minor seepage from an old copper exploration site shows the potential problem from copper mines is real. ...

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Monday is last day to register vote in Nov. 2 election
Times-Georgian
Advance voting will be held from Oct. 25-29 at four county locations: Deer Lick Park, Boundary Waters Park, courthouse and the old downtown courthouse ...

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Group says acidic runoff leaving '70s copper site near BWCAW
Duluth News Tribune
The group Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness said it found toxic metals in samples of water runoff from the old International Nickel exploration site ...

Teen helping with museum exhibit
Suburban Life Publications
Joe has completed three high adventure trips with the Boy Scouts, including a 100-mile canoe trip in the Boundary Waters in Minnesota. ...

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Franciscan Skemp's New Leader
WXOW.com
I love to go to the boundary waters and canoe, so basically outdoor activity -- and this is a great place for that." Johnson's work as a physician has ...

12 Eagle Scouts, one troop
Omaha World-Herald
It camps out once a month, goes to places such as the Boundary Waters in Minnesota, and participates in the National Jamboree — activities that present ...

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Welcome To The Best Week Of Autumn
Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)
Meanwhile, the Boundary Waters normally see the first 32 F. between August 11-20. Frost-Free Metro. According to the Midwestern Regional Climate Center much ...

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Ever fallen in love with the magic of a place?
Blue Springs Examiner
“You could paddle over into Canada, but you're going to follow the border,” he began recently, laying out my route into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. ...

Runoff from old mines raises fears
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Pollution problems near the Boundary Waters are raising concerns about future Minnesota mining projects. ...

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