WINTER 2007
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VOLUME 30
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ISSUE 1
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ANNUAL REPORT 2005 – 2006
The Friends’ mission is to protect, preserve and restore the wilderness character of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
and the Quetico-Superior Ecosystem. The organization was founded in 1976.
Friends Honors Bill and Barbara Rom
at Its 30th Celebration
and a love of canoe country. They
Over 300 enthusiastic wilderness
used them to teach thousands of othadvocates jammed a ballroom overers to love it, too. “They demonstrated
looking the Mississippi River on
how a very successful business can be
Nov. 11 to help the Friends of
built by working with wilderness
the Boundary Waters Wilderness
instead of against it,” Sampson said
celebrate its 30th anniversary and to
in her presentation.
join in honoring veteran conservationOver time, the Roms forged a lifeists Bill and Barbara Rom of Ely,
long friendship with Sigurd Olson
Minnesota, with our annual Conserand stood arm-in-arm with him and
vation Award.
other advocates to achieve formal
Though we did not specifically
wilderness protection for the
plan the event to coincide with VeterBoundary Waters.
ans’ Day, its weight added significance
Theirs was not a popular position
to the event, reminding us that if not
in those days and they paid a heavy
for veterans of many varieties we
social price for their principled
would have neither our country nor
advocacy. But today the wilderness
its wilderness.
they fought for is recognized as one of
Bill Rom served his country in Bill and Barbara Rom, Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness
our national treasures. Locally, where
World War II and certainly deserves 2006 Conservation Award recipients
jobs and livelihoods have always been the central point of contention
all the honor America bestows on the men and women who answer
in conversations about conservation, the wilderness is now recognized
the country’s call. But it was for what he and Barbara did after the
as a significant economic driver.
war – their tireless advocacy for the Boundary Waters and its protection
Bill and Barbara pioneered the notion that there is a living to be
as a wilderness – that we honored him and Barbara.
made from the enduring resources of wilderness – a living that keeps on
Illness kept the Roms in Ely so their son, Bill Rom Jr., accepted the
giving if we do our part to keep the place wild and intact. Now dozens
Conservation Award on their behalf from Carolyn Sampson, Friends
of small businesses operate successfully on precisely that notion, both
board chair.
directly in the wilderness and indirectly in its gateway communities.
“Every special place on our public lands ultimately owes its
These communities and the people who live in them help form a
protection to a handful of dedicated people willing to fight for it. For the
defensive bulwark for the wilderness.
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, two such people are Bill and
It is one thing to get a wilderness, another to protect it. The Roms
Barbara Rom. It is truly our privilege to honor them,” said Sampson.
have been wholly present for that work as well, and the wilderness is the
The Roms married in 1944. After Bill's military service they returned
better for it. To this day, they remain ready to fight in its defense. Their
to his hometown of Ely in 1946 and launched Canoe Country
courage and commitment inspires us all.
Outfitters. Their principal assets were a few wood-and-canvas canoes
Friends Honor Bill and Barbara Rom Story continued on page 16.
Masthead photo: JimBrandenburg.com • Printed on paper using 100% post-consumer waste, processed chlorine free.
Friends, TPL Close Chainsaw Sisters
Deal to Preserve Wilderness Access
Dear Friends,
As a long-time Minnesotan who has long
appreciated the Boundary Waters Canoe
Area Wilderness, I am privileged to serve
as interim director for the Friends.
It is a time of transition for us, as you
know. My job is to deliver to the next
executive director as vibrant an organization as possible. An interim such as ours
is, by definition, temporary. That does
not mean it is merely an interval Cathy L. Jacobson
Interim Executive Director
for marking time.
I have managed a number of transitions, in both the for-profit and
non-profit worlds. I have relied heavily on the wisdom of an expert in
these matters, William Bridges. He notes that transitions
are three-phased affairs, with beginnings, middles (or “neutral zones”),
and ends. And if transitions are to be more than merely lost time
between the end of the one phase and the beginning of another – if
they are not to be wasted – each of those phases must be understood,
honored and respected. In particular, Bridges defines the neutral zone
as a very essential time between the ending and the beginning. If we
don’t honor the ending and finish well, if we rush to a new beginning
without ample reflection, reassessment and a fresh look at the future,
we will needlessly repeat mistakes and needlessly forego
important lessons.
For Bridges, and for me, interim management need not be merely
an unfortunate, unwished-for turn of events. It can equally well be a
tool for effective passage to a brighter and stronger future. A broken
plow, mended properly, will be stronger at the weld than in places
where it never failed.
That is my job at the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness in
this interim period: to work with the board and the staff to ensure that
the organization uses its transition well, to understand the past, stay on
its mission in the present and clearly understand the leadership it needs
for the future. Our goal is a successful search for a new executive
director, and smooth handoff.
It is a pleasure to share this exciting time with the Friends – staff,
board and members.
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02 —
Just days before Christmas, the Friends of the Boundary Waters
Wilderness and the Trust for Public Land (TPL) announced the
purchase of the well-known Chainsaw Sisters Saloon site, adjacent to
the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness just off the Echo Trail
about 18 miles north of Ely, MN.
Major funding for the purchase came from the Friends’ Edge of the
Wilderness Fund. “This is precisely the kind of acquisition that our
Edge of the Wilderness Fund was created for and we are delighted with
the purchase,” said Carolyn Sampson, Friends Board Chair. “This
purchase ensures that one of the most popular access points into the
wilderness will remain open and free to the public.”
The 25-acre Chainsaw Sisters property will eventually be transferred
to the U.S. Forest Service which will manage it. The saloon and other
buildings will be removed, but the existing parking lot will remain and
the site’s natural features will remain unchanged.
The site has long provided access to the popular Mudro Lake
BWCAW entry point. Had not Friends and TPL been able to move
quickly to complete the purchase, the public might well have lost the
access point. (You can find additional details about the history of the
Chainsaw Sisters Saloon, its owners and its purchase in the press release
and news articles on our web site.)
The Friends’ Edge of the Wilderness Fund dates to 1983, when
United States Steel Corp. offered 3,090 acres on the edge of the
BWCAW for sale. Bud Heinselman, a major force in the designation of
the wilderness and a founding member of the Friends, raised money in
cooperation with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and other Friends’
supporters to purchase some of those lands. The Edge of the Wilderness
Fund is designed as a revolving fund, providing acquisition money and
holding title until the Forest Service receives a federal appropriation,
often from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and the Edge of
the Wilderness Fund is replenished for additional acquisitions.
The process of obtaining federal appropriations is slow and
time-consuming. Often, willing sellers of important private parcels are
unwilling or unable to wait until federal funding is available and
important lands are often sold into development before the Forest
Service can act. The Edge of the Wilderness Fund is able to move much
more quickly to provide a bridge that can help preserve important land
conservation opportunities.
Since its creation the fund has provided money to buy nearly 350
acres on the edge of the wilderness. In 2004, The Nature Conservancy
and Friends agreed to transfer the investment and land acquisition and
holdings functions of the Edge of the Wilderness Fund from The Nature Conservancy to The Trust for Public Land. The Chainsaw Sisters
Saloon purchase is the first under this partnership.
As other private lands on the edge of the
wilderness become available, the Friends will
use its partnership with TPL to make more
strategic acquisitions.
“This is an exciting way to protect wilderness,” Sampson said, “and we are eager to see the
fund grow so it can be even more effective.”
Contributions should be directed to the Friends’
Edge of the Wilderness Fund, Friends of the
Boundary Waters Wilderness, 401 N. 3rd St.,
Minneapolis, MN 55401.
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Chainsaw Sisters Michele Richards and
Marlene Zorman. Photo courtesy Andrew Goldman
From the Board of Directors
Issues Update
Happy New Year to all!
For organizations as well as for individuals, this time of year includes
endings and beginnings, celebrating successes, reflecting on lessons
learned, setting new goals and making plans to achieve them.
We, the Friends Board of Directors, enter the New Year mindful of
the Friends’ great legacy (see the cover article on the 30th Anniversary
Celebration in this issue) and exciting future. The Friends’ past and
future achievements are founded on the contributions of many
dedicated members, supporters, benefactors, volunteers and staff. We
are grateful for those numerous efforts and are happy to report that
2006 was another strong year for the organization (see Annual Report
on page 8 in this issue).
As the Friends enter its fourth decade, it continues to evolve as all
good organizations do. The political landscape and nature of challenges
to the wilderness have changed, and so the Friends must change in
response. What was needed to be an effective wilderness advocate
when the Friends began three decades ago is not the same as what is
needed now. The Board of Directors is looking forward to moving the
organization into a position of even greater strength and effectiveness,
and will be sharing more about this in the coming months.
Although the organization is evolving, the Friends of the Boundary
Waters Wilderness is now and will remain fully committed to its mission
to protect, preserve and restore the wilderness character of the
BWCAW and Quetico-Superior ecosystem. Toward that end, the
Friends will continue to foster civil discourse on wilderness with all
stakeholders. The organization has long been willing to partner with
those who want to help further the mission and will continue to actively
seek those partnerships.
The Board of Directors has begun the process of securing new
leadership for the organization (see executive director job announcement
posted at www.friends-bwca.org). During this transitional period,
Cathy Jacobson serves as interim executive director; she has guided dozens
of commercial and non-profit organizations through such times. Darrell
Knuffke serves as interim policy director and brings to bear his 20-plus
years of wilderness policy experience in organizations large and small.
The Friends was built on the strength of contributions made
by ecologists such as Bud Heinselman, Sig Olson and other
highly-regarded experts in their respective fields. The Board of
Directors has chosen to honor those valuable contributions with the
newly created Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness Advisory
Council. We are delighted to announce that eminent forest ecologist
Lee Frelich has agreed to become the first member of the Advisory
Council (see article by Lee on the future of the BWCAW’s forests on page
6 in this issue). We will add others to the Advisory Council who are as
prominent in their fields as Lee is in his. We are confident these experts
will not only provide valuable guidance but will also inspire all to think
differently about the work of the Friends. The result will be
an organization more effective than ever in advancing the Friends’
mission and goals.
The Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness is moving forward
to meet the challenges ahead. We are eager to share that journey with
all who share our love for this national treasure, the Boundary Waters
Canoe Area Wilderness. You honor us with the trust you place in us
through your continued support. Thank you!
The Environment for the Environment – The major
occupation of wilderness advocates after the November election is
divining what it all portends. By the time this newsletter reaches you,
congressional committees will have taken shape, the new Congress will
have convened and things should be clearer. From a purely Minnesota
perspective, though, we are heartened to have retained some recognized
champions for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Reps.
Jim Ramstad and Betty McCollum.
And we are delighted to share a report about Tim Walz, elected in
November to represent Minnesota’s First Congressional District. A
Washington friend sent us an interview with Congressman-elect Walz
from a Capitol Hill publication. In response to the question “Your
favorite place in the world is…?” Rep. Walz answered, “Boundary
Waters Canoe Area.”
Carolyn J. Sampson, Ph.D.
— Chair, Board of Directors
FRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS WILDERNESS • WINTER 2007
Chain of Lakes Motor Quotas – Back in February 2006,
the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued an
opinion finding that the Forest Service’s recalculation of motor boat
quotas on three chains of lakes was arbitrary and capricious, not
supported by the record, and therefore inconsistent with the Boundary
Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Act of 1978.
The court ordered the Forest Service to recalculate those quotas in
keeping with the 1978 Act and with the Court’s opinion finding that the
agency’s attempt to recreate missing records of motorboat usage on the
particular lakes within the Moose, Farm and Saganaga chains could not
support the agency’s increase in permit quotas. The Court ordered the
Forest Service to consult with the Friends and other plaintiffs, as well
as with those who weighed in on the side of the Forest Service.
That process has yet to begin in earnest, though the Forest Service
has made some initial inquiries of the Friends and others.
The Roadless Rule: Off Again, On Again – The 2001
Clinton-era Roadless Area Conservation Rule sought to protect roughly
60 million acres of inventoried and uninventoried roadless areas on our
national forests from logging and most road building. The rule included
60,000 acres on the Superior National Forest, many adjacent to the
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. A federal judge in Wyoming
overturned the rule in 2003 and the U.S. Forest Service replaced it with
a system whereby governors could petition for or against roadless area
protection on national forests in their states.
In September 2006, another federal judge, this one in California,
reinstated the rule. It’s once again in effect on the Superior. But questions
remain about its reach, at least in the Forest Service’s mind. Superior
National Forest officials argue that the rule covers only inventoried
roadless areas. But it is our view, and the view of many of our sister organizations, that the rule was intended to protect both inventoried and
uninventoried roadless areas from logging and road building.
When the California judge reinstated the rule in September, she also
rejected the Administration’s gubernatorial petition process. Several
governors – those of Idaho and Colorado, with Utah’s likely to follow
shortly – have already sought to circumvent the reinstated roadless rule
by petitioning the Forest Service under the federal Administrative
Procedure Act for state-specific, and much weakened, roadless area
management. The Friends will keep an eye out for any similar effort in
Minnesota. We may still have to fight to permanently protect Minnesota’s
roadless areas.
Issues Story continued on next page.
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Issues Story continued from page 3.
prescribe management for our national forests, including the Superior,
must be revised at least every 15 years. The Forest Service began work
on a new plan for the Superior in 1997, releasing it in 2004.
In November 2005, the Friends, among others, filed an administrative appeal of the plan. The agency rejected the appeal and in August
2006, a coalition of groups, including the Friends, the Sierra Club’s
Northstar Chapter, Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness and
Defenders of Wildlife, filed a lawsuit challenging the plan. There are
several grounds for the suit, but one of the most serious is the agency’s
failure to consider the cumulative impacts of a number of proposed
timber sales on the periphery of the wilderness. The Forest Service has
moved to dismiss some of the counts and a hearing is scheduled for
January 11, 2007 on that motion in Duluth.
into a spider web of trails. It is the Friends position that routes should
be closed unless posted open.
A coalition of groups, including the Friends, is focusing on this issue
and plans another effort to get legislation passed this year to set in place
the common-sense rule that routes are closed unless posted open.
There may also be some opportunities to make common cause with
one or more of the forward-looking OHV clubs in the counties
bordering the wilderness. But partnerships will come down to whether
the clubs are willing to embrace a closed-unless- posted-open position.
At our 30th anniversary dinner last November, Superior National
Forest Supervisor Jim Sanders said that on the Superior OHV routes
are closed unless specifically posted open: no cross-country travel. That
should be the rule on all public lands, state as well as federal. That is
what Friends will fight for.
Echo Trail Logging Project – The reinstatement of the Road-
Sulfide Mining
Superior National Forest Plan – By law the forest plans that
less Rule and the lawsuit against the Superior National Forest Plan will
have implications for this project along the Echo Trail west of Ely.
The project would allow Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources
(DNR) to build roads through roadless areas, now once again protected
(see The Roadless Rule), in order to reach state lands for proposed logging projects. An environmental impact statement on the logging proposal is due out soon. The Friends has sought, in meetings and written
comments, to persuade the Forest Service and the DNR not to look
first to a welter of new roads but to find less intrusive ways to reach
state inholdings.
The Forest Service points to a law requiring it to allow access to
inholdings, even within wilderness. That provision exists in law, sure
enough, but the agency takes a much more expansive view of the
requirement than we do. In any case, the agency tells us that the state’s
logging projects are unlikely to be deterred by the reinstatement of the
roadless rule or the new forest plan, should it finally prevail in the courts.
With our partner organizations, we will fight hard to prevent new
roads in what are now roadless areas for any reason anywhere on our
public lands. The final Echo Trail environmental impact statement is
due to be released sometime this winter.
Off-Highway Vehicles – Some of you will recall our 25th
anniversary dinner in 2001 at the Minnesota Zoo when our keynote
speaker was Mike Dombeck, former Chief of the U.S. Forest
Service. Read his speech on our website at www.friends-bwca.org/
programs/dombeck.html. Dombeck included off-highway-vehicles
(OHVs) in his list of the top 10 most serious issues facing our national
forests. He made this prediction: “Off-road vehicle or all-terrain vehicle
use will be the public land issue of the decade.”
He might well have had Minnesota in mind. There were 70,000
OHVs (the term includes all-terrain vehicles [ATVs], dirt-bike motorcycles, and 4x4 "mudder" trucks) registered in Minnesota in 1995;
130,000 in 2000; today there are 274,310, more than double the number
of six years ago. The impact of that increased use on the natural
environment is commensurate and it’s getting worse, not better.
One of the reasons is a 2005 Minnesota law that allows OHV users
to run through 74 percent of our state forest lands--all those lying north
of U.S. Highway 2 – at their operators’ whim. This arbitrary boundary
runs roughly from Duluth to the North Dakota border. Thus, OHVs
may ride on all trails except those posted “closed” and too few are. In
other words, if someone rode off an existing trail and created a new
trail today, it would be perfectly legal – and just as legal for someone tomorrow to ride that new user-created trail. This is what turns our forests
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– Among the greatest looming threats to the
integrity of our northern lands and waters, including to the Boundary
Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, is sulfide mining. There are at least five
proposed mining operations south and west of the wilderness in various
stages, ranging from dollar-sign dreams to full-tilt permit processing.
One of the most troubling is a proposal from PolyMet, a Canadian
mining company, whose principal asset is the NorthMet polymetallic
deposit—a 4,162 acre non-ferrous deposit located six miles south of
Babbitt and 20 miles south of the BWCAW. The company proposes
what would be Minnesota’s first sulfide mining operation there.
According to reports, the polymetallic deposit contains copper, nickel,
palladium and platinum. PolyMet currently projects that mining operations would occur for 20 years.
Among the risks conservationists are most concerned about is
acid mine drainage. It typically occurs in sulfide mining operations
when sulfide-bearing ore comes into contact with air and water. The
interaction produces sulfuric acid which can then leach into neighboring bodies of water, damaging individual streams and lakes as well as
regional watersheds. PolyMet’s deposit is in a watershed that drains
into the wilderness. Its processing facility would be eight miles south in
a watershed that empties into Lake Superior.
Another potential threat is wetland destruction. The proposed
Polymet mining area sits on nearly 1,300 acres of recognized wetlands.
Destruction of these wetlands would not only affect the local ecosystem
but also could potentially drain nearby wetlands.
While the Friends does not oppose mining categorically, it
adamantly opposes mining that would harm the ecosystem of
northeastern Minnesota. The Friends has embraced a position advocated by the Minnesota Environmental Partnership that simply
demands the prevention of environmental harm from sulfide mining.
Minnesota is ill-equipped, under present law, to regulate such activity.
Among other things, the coalition asks the legislature to adopt a law
similar to Wisconsin’s that prohibits sulfide mining until it can be
shown to have been environmentally harmless elsewhere and over a
10-year, post-mining period. No such project has ever successfully met
the Wisconsin standard; and Minnesota has no such standard today.
Permits for these mine proposals are working their way through the
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency, the Forest Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
For more information on sulfide mining, visit the Sierra Club’s
Mining Without Harm website at http://northstarsierraclub.org/campaigns/mining/index.html or the website of Northeastern Minnesotans
for Wilderness at http://www.nmw.org. NMW has an article on sulfide
mining in its current newsletter available on the site.
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Into History, by Foot and Paddle
By Jacob Stroup, Friends Volunteer
When you take your canoe out of the water and hoist it onto your
shoulders after an exhilarating paddle across one of the Boundary
Waters’ many pristine lakes, you are stepping into history, literally
traversing the same path that Paleoindians did upwards of 10,000 years ago.
Following the trails of big game animals, these early people cleared
routes between lakes in what is now the Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness (BWCAW), and though the purpose of modern explorers of
the area is quite different, the portages remain in much the same places.
This complex system of portages is one of many continuing contributions of the native people of the area still visible today.
The history of native peoples in the Boundary Waters area is long
and rich, and continues to the present day, as Tribal governments seek
a greater voice into planning for the short-term and long-term use of the
national forest land surrounding the Boundary Waters.
The first people to live in the Boundary Waters area arrived over
10,000 years ago. Skilled stoneworkers, they fashioned spearheads from
the rich stone deposits of the area, using the results of their handiwork
to hunt big game. According to the U.S. Forest Service, no evidence of
mammoth or mastodon hunting exists in northern Minnesota, suggesting that caribou were the main source of food for these Paleoindian
people as the glaciers retreated. Living in a nomadic fashion, these
people were the first to intimately know the area and its natural cycles,
using the stars for navigation and relying on the land and its waters
for nourishment.
As the continent became more densely populated, both with the
migration of native people and the advance of white settlement, the
Anishinaabe (Ojibwe or Chippewa) moved in from the east, displacing
the Dakota who had previously inhabited the region and becoming the
dominant culture in the area that is now the BWCAW. Residing all over
the North Country, they subsisted on fish, game, and wild rice,
resources which still hold great significance for the Anishinaabe.
Wild rice, in particular, holds both a deep spiritual and economic
significance for the Anishinaabe today. A crop native to Minnesota and
harvested from lakes both inside and outside the BWCAW, wild rice is
seen as a gift to the people from the spirit world. True wild rice, as
opposed to generic paddy rice, is often hand-harvested using the
traditional method of a canoe and two ricing sticks. The rice stalks are
bent over the boat using one stick, while the second is used to hit the
stalk, sending the rice kernels into the awaiting hull of the canoe. Nett
Lake, on the Bois Forte Indian Reservation, just west of the BWCAW,
claims to produce the best rice in the world (to buy some of this
delicious northern treat, check out www.boisfortednr.com/wildrice)
and this hand-harvested rice is an important economic resource for the
reservation. Rice can also be found in many lakes within the wilderness,
such as Rice Lake and Lapond Lake.
Native people have continually inhabited the area surrounding the
Boundary Waters Wilderness. Besides portages, they left other signs of
their presence that are still visible today. Among these are the
pictographs located on rock faces in certain areas of the wilderness
(these are signified by “Pictured Rocks” on National Forest maps and
by an “I” for “Indian painting” on Boundary Waters topographical
maps). The people and animals depicted in paint of an extraordinary
reddish brown hue stand out strikingly from the surrounding rock.
Pictographs such as these often served as maps and memory devices,
FRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS WILDERNESS • WINTER 2007
and contain elements of Anishinaabe mythology and religion. The
pictograph at North Hegman Lake, for example, portrays a person,
moose, and wolf. It has been interpreted as a map of the constellations
that are visible in the early evening sky during a Minnesota winter.
Though we do not know the exact age of the paintings, they have been
estimated to be between 300 and 500 years old.
These unique paintings, along with other significant sites within
the wilderness, are protected by U.S. Forest Service archaeologists. A
permitting system is used to control access and limits the numbers of
visitors to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. This permitting
system takes into account the wear and tear on archaeological sites and
cultural resources as well as
detrimental effects on the
wilderness ecosystem itself.
Though history books
often seem to present Native
cultures as mere museum
pieces, the truth is that these
people still live and thrive in
areas near the BWCAW and
some still engage in traditional practices. Two Indian
Reservations, the Bois Forte
and Grand Portage, serve as
centers for Native American
culture in the area.
Wilderness has an intrinsic
value of its own, of course, but
it is also for people. That is
especially the case for the
Native people who lived in and
around it first and probably
know it best. It is good to
remember their long history in
this special place when we walk
the portages they first established carrying canoes not so
very different from our own.•
Wild rice, or manoomin
in Ojibwe, harvesting in
the western Great Lakes
region is a sacred
component of several
Native American cultures.
Photos courtesy of Great Lakes Indian
Fish and Wildlife Commission,
USDA NRCS and Save Wild Rice.org.
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International Border Clearcuts
BWCAW Forests: An Uncertain Future
If there’s a more vigilant group of BWCAW users than Friends’
members, we can’t imagine who it might be. Several of them notified
us recently of what seemed to be fresh clearcuts on several portages
along the U.S. /Canada border. Some included photos to document
their reports.
It turns out that clearcuts were the work of the Canadian / U.S.
International Boundary Commission, according to Kyle Hipsley, deputy
commissioner. The commission is responsible for maintaining the
boundary between the U.S. and Canada, 5,525 miles in all, including
547 miles along the Minnesota state line.
Mr. Hipsley said U.S. crews hand-cleared the boundary along the
Height of Land, Watap and Monument portages along the wilderness
boundary about 18 months ago. Typically, he said, the commission
clears the boundary every 12 years or so to fulfill its legal duty to keep
open “the boundary vista,” a swath just over 20 feet (6 meters) wide,
half on either side of the international boundary. The required width is
measured not at the ground, but at tree-top level along the boundary,
what Mr. Hipsley referred to as the “skyline vista.” The clearing must
be free of overhanging branches and trees.
And, because it is easier and cheaper to take down intruding trees
than to limb them to maintain the elevated opening, sometimes trees are
removed. That, judging by the reports we received from members, is
what happened at some places along the three portages. And that may
account for what seemed to some like much wider swaths. Mr. Hipsley
said, though, that the commission has not increased the width of the
clearings because of any increased concern over border security.
The International Boundary Commission maintains an office in Thief
River Falls, MN, Mr. Hipsley said, and will be doing some work along the
border near Lake Superior in the months ahead. If you are interested in
more information about the commission, you can find its website at
http://www.internationalboundarycommission.org/ibcpg2.htm
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By Lee Frelich
Global warming and other impacts of humans are proceeding at a
pace faster than most scientists thought possible just a few years ago.
The big question for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness,
which lies only a little more than 100 miles from the prairie-forest
border, is this: will the climate end up warm and dry like Iowa, leading
to the demise of forests, or will it be warm and wet like Ohio, allowing
the continued existence of forests?
Scientists cannot yet answer that question. Even with the warm and wet
scenario, the BWCAW is likely to lose red pine, jack pine, black spruce,
white spruce and balsam fir as a direct result of warmer temperatures.
But what the wilderness may lose is only half of the picture. The
other half is what warmer temperatures will allow, and an onslaught of
invasive diseases and insect pests is headed for Minnesota. With warmer
winters, deer populations could increase in the BWCAW, leading to
the failure of white pine, white cedar, and yellow birch to regenerate,
something we are already seeing to the south of the BWCAW.
Invasive European earthworm species already present in the
BWCAW will also become more abundant, consuming the duff layer
from the forest floor, leaving the soil drier without its natural mulch
layer, and exacerbating the impacts of warmer temperatures. The emerald ash borer is likely to reach Minnesota within a few years and wipe
out green and black ash, two important tree species in wetland forests
of the BWCAW. European buckthorn (not to be confused with our
native buckthorn that is rarely seen) and garlic mustard can grow in
northern Minnesota. It’s just a matter of getting there. Once there, they
would be able to spread throughout the wilderness.
The solution to these problems lies in doing everything we can to
blunt the warming of temperatures, stop the spread of invasive species,
and try to reinstate a more natural fire regime in the BWCAW. Fires
provide opportunities for native species to adapt to the changing
conditions, and tend to disrupt invasive species.
My prediction for the BWCAW under a warm and dry
scenario is the same as that made by the late ecologist Bud
Heinselman in his book, “The Boundary Waters Wilderness
Ecosystem,” namely a conversion to grasslands with scattered oak trees—a savanna—with some hardwood swamps
in lowlands. With a warm and wet scenario, a forest of white
pine, white cedar, sugar and red maple, yellow and paper
birch, red and white oak, basswood and hemlock would develop, although many of these species face significant threats
from deer, exotic diseases and insect pests.
At this point it is impossible to predict what the nature of
the vegetation in the BWCAW will be in 50 years. But one
thing is certain: if humans are going to remove invasive
species from the wilderness and reinstate a more natural fire
regime in the wilderness, then a debate about that will have
to occur among wilderness advocates.
Further research and monitoring of the forests will be
a major focus of the Forest Ecology Lab at the University
of Minnesota.
•
Lee Frelich is Director of the University of Minnesota Center for
Hardwood Ecology, and member of Friends’ Advisory Council.
On the US/ Canadian border looking northwest from the
Height of Land portage towards North Lake. Photo courtesy Erik L. Olson
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The Fourth Life of Chik-Wauk Lodge
At the very end of the Gunflint Trail, a group of dedicated people
is preparing the historic and empty Chik-Wauk Lodge to begin its
fourth life. In 2010 it will reopen as a museum and nature center that
will tell the story of all the people who are a part of the Trail.
to harvest ancient red and white pines. As the rough Trail evolved into
a smoother road, resorters like Ed Nunstedt and other small business
people came. The final group to arrive was homeowners, seasonal and
year-round. Everyone has a story for Chik-Wauk.
Chik-Wauk’s first life was short. Ed Nunstedt, a Gunflint Trail
pioneer, originally built a pine log structure in 1931, and intended it as
a guest lodge. It burned to the ground before the first customer arrived.
So Ed rebuilt the lodge entirely on the same site, this time of granite.
In 1934, Chik-Wauk, meaning “Jack of the Pines” in Ojibwe, began
its second life.
Chik-Wauk was a vacation destination until the Forest Service
bought it as part of the 1978 Boundary Waters Wilderness legislation.
Under a special agreement, Chik-Wauk’s owners at the time, Ralph and
Bea Griffis, used it until the late 1990s as a summer home. That was
its third life. Since then Chik-Wauk has been lifeless.
During the past few years, the Gunflint Trail Scenic Byways Committee began a project to make the Trail more attractive to visitors, and
it learned the Forest Service was looking for a new life for Chik-Wauk.
A group of local residents organized The Gunflint Trail Historical
Society, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to transforming Chik-Wauk
into a museum and nature center. The Forest Service and the society
signed an agreement on June 20, 2006, allowing the Society to lease the
property and bring Chik-Wauk back to life.
Chik-Wauk stands on a peninsula between two small bays of
Saganaga Lake, which will give museum visitors a chance to experience
what the nearby interior of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness is like. On the adjacent 50 acres, interpretive nature trails
will meander among the pines along Saganaga’s shore; signs will
describe flora and fauna. Displays inside the museum will tell the stories
of each distinct group of people who developed the Gunflint Trail.
Prehistoric peoples created the original Trail. Then from 1650 to
1770 the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) dominated Trail life, and Native
Americans have been a part of all stages of its development since then.
From 1690 to 1865, the Voyageurs came to the Trail. Then a burst of
interest in iron ore, gold and silver attracted miners. Loggers followed
Exterior of the Chik-Wauk Lodge, and a view from the porch.
FRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS WILDERNESS • WINTER 2007
Photos courtesy of Gunflint Trail Historical Society (left) and Caron Gibson (right)
Today Chik-Wauk can use much needed help, and has received
much already. Workers have removed old carpeting and non-structural
walls, reglazed windows and painted. A thorough cleaning of the building is complete. Volunteers, like Caron Gibson, Friends’ Finance
Director, and her husband, Mark, pitch in whenever a call for help goes
out, and the Forest Service is committed to helping in every phase of
Chik-Wauk’s rebirth. Please contact Barb Tuttle at [email protected],
or 37 E. Bearskin Road, Grand Marais MN 55604, or at (218) 3884449, if you are interested in helping.
The fourth life of Chik-Wauk Lodge will be about helping future
generations appreciate the heritage of the Gunflint Trail, its role in
establishing a unique, enduring community, and its relationship to the
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
•
“The nation behaves well if it treats the
natural resources as assets which it must turn
over to the next generation increased,
and not impaired, in value”
– Theodore Roosevelt
— 07
2005 - 2006 ANNUAL REPORT
What are you getting for your membership dollar?
Wilderness protection is an endless process. Your membership dollar keeps the process going. There will always be those who steadfastly
disagree with the value of wilderness; against those we must stand
strong, constantly. And there will always be others who are open to
learning about the value of wilderness; for those we much reach out,
constantly. Advocacy and education: those are the two essential
elements of the process.
Your membership dollar buys advocacy in defense of wilderness,
first of all. And our work on that front is well-detailed under
Issues Update in this newsletter.
Here, we offer a glimpse of the other important work we do on your
behalf, the reaching out. Here are some of the highlights during the
period from January 1, 2005 through September 30, 2006:
• Living for the Wild
Curriculum – We designed this
first-ever Minnesota statewide
curriculum and essay contest to
encourage students, grades 9
through 12, to explore their
connections between everyday
outdoor places and more
distant wild, natural places.
Over 240 Minnesota teachers
requested the curriculum.
The resulting contest produced six winning essays
from among 50 submitted
to the Friends for judging.
We have posted the winners at friends-bwca.org.
Living for the Wild has significant value in a world where increasing numbers
of kids are growing up with little exposure to nature and, consequently, are indifferent to it. This curriculum will strengthen as
we learn how to reach more and more teachers. Our goal is for
Living for the Wild to be embedded in the Minnesota school system
and, perhaps, even beyond.
• Leave No Trace Video – We have updated
the video that each BWCAW overnight
canoeist permit holder must view before
entering the wilderness. Now available in 10and 20-minute DVD formats, the video’s
purpose is to teach 200,000 annual visitors
the Leave No Trace Principles: Plan ahead
and prepare; Travel and camp on durable surfaces; Dispose
of waste properly; Leave what you find; Minimize campfire impacts;
Respect wildlife; Be considerate of other visitors.
Leave No Trace is about protecting, preserving and restoring the
wilderness from the inside out. Unless education catches up with
behavior, and we all learn to leave the wilderness as unchanged as
possible by our presence, the quality of our wilderness experiences is
at critical risk – we will love the BWCAW to death. Our goal is to
develop day-tripper and motor-user versions of Leave No Trace, so
everyone who enters the wilderness by any means will know how and
why to leave no trace.
• Preserving the Canoe Country Heritage Study – This project
inventoried 90,000 acres of Minnesota’s remaining roadless areas
outside the BWCAW. It was in part a response to a 2000 Minnesota
poll in which 83 percent of respondents favored the protection of
Minnesota’s roadless areas. Preserving the Canoe Country Heritage
is the culmination of two years and thousands of hours of on-theground work by Friends’ volunteers and staff. The study, and its six
complementary television public service announcements urging
the protection of Minnesota’s remaining wild lands, are critical
components of our long-term goal to build public support for permanent protection of these lands as wilderness.
• Thomas Flint Canoe Trips – These wilderness canoe trips have
been sponsored by the Thomas Flint Fund, in honor of the deceased
son of one of our founding Board members, since 2002. The fund
provides the necessary financial support for economically disadvantaged inner city youth to experience the Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness. During the past two summers, 30 kids have returned
from their Thomas Flint Canoe Trip better prepared to be wilderness
advocates. Our goal is to expand the reach of Thomas Flint Canoe
Trips to kids living in northeastern Minnesota, on the doorstep of the
wilderness, whose families are not able to afford such trips.
• Friends Superior Wilderness Volunteer Crew – We established
this project in 2006 as a prototype, one we hope will play a vital role
in maintaining and improving the wilderness character of the
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Volunteers complete a
multitude of on-the-ground, wilderness ecosystem restoration tasks,
in conjunction with the established wilderness staff of the Superior
National Forest. Budget limits constrain the ability of the Forest
Service to organize and fund volunteers working under its
wilderness rangers. The Friends Superior Wilderness Volunteer
Crew fields volunteers to help the agency complete ecosystem
restoration tasks.
The goals of the Friends
Superior Wilderness Volunteer
Crew are: 1. Meet the 10-Year
Wilderness Stewardship Challenge a s s e t forth by Forest
Service Chief Dale Bosworth
www.natlforests.org/
wilderness_stewardship_10year.html;
2. Enhance the capacity of the
established Forest Service wilderness
volunteer program to help wilderness
rangers increase the number of
completed ecosystem restoration
tasks, such as trail and campsite
restoration, trash removal, latrine
excavation, water quality sampling,
non-native invasive species management, and wildlife surveys.
A beautiful new day on Isabella Lake, BWCAW.
Photo courtesy Cynthia Lapp
08 —
• Non-Native Invasive Species
Booklet – We developed the
non-native invasive species
educational booklet in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service. All Forest Service stations
in the Superior National Forest
will distribute the booklet
beginning in early 2007. Our
goal is to educate visitors
about invasive species. The
booklet tells how to identify
each of 13 species, describes their ecological
threats and ways to prevent their
proliferation. It is essential that Superior National Forest
visitors are educated about non-native invasive species, since they are
mainly spread through human activity. The Friends’ concern is the
introduction and proliferation of non-native invasive species into the
delicate ecosystem of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
• Animated Cartoon Film
– With this project, still in the early
stages of development, we hope to cultivate new wilderness
advocates through the use of entertainment. It will educate
youngsters about values of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness specifically and all wilderness in general. We are working with
Larry Parr who for 25 years worked in Los Angeles writing cartoons,
including The Smurfs, The Transformers, and Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles. Larry wrote The Kid & Family Site Review Newsletter for
three years prior to “semi-retirement” last year when he moved to
Duluth where he lives with his wife, a film producer, and daughter.
Larry has finished an outline script for the project. Our goal is a
half hour film for PBS or network television broadcast, and a DVD
which may be used in the classroom and easily distributed,
friend-to-friend, over the web.
• Forest Service Quarterly Meetings
– These meetings
establish common ground upon which the dedicated wilderness staff
of the Forest Service in the Superior National Forest and the staff of
Friends can build ideas, such as the Non-Native Invasive Species
Booklet, Friends Superior Wilderness Volunteer Crew, and Leave
No Trace Video, into projects that make a difference
to our mission.
Woven among the tapestry of projects, is the constant, day-to-day
process of standing strong for all life forms within the wilderness that
can not speak for themselves, and reaching out to anyone who will
listen to the story of why wilderness is so important. The process
includes constant communication – responding to members’ questions,
working with the media, partnering with like-minded groups, building
innovative partnerships, educating decisionmakers – always with one
clear mission in mind.
•
We hope you believe your membership dollar is well spent.
Audited Statement
FRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS WILDERNESS
FRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS WILDERNESS
ACTION NETWORK
Combined Statement of Activities for Fiscal Year 2006:
October 1, 2005 through September, 2006
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Contributions and Grants
Interest and Other Income
Total Support and Revenue
$ 396,584
30,418
$ 427,002
EXPENSES
Program Services
Management and General
Fundraising
Total Expenses
$ 280,513
89,384
63,061
$ 432,958
NET ASSETS
Beginning of Fiscal Year
Support and Revenue less Expenses
End of Fiscal Year Total
$ 846,602
(5,956)
$ 840,646
To request a full report, please call 612-332-9630
or e-mail [email protected]
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Include The Friends In Your Estate Plans
If you or your advisor would like information on how to name
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness as a beneficiary of
your estate or about the benefits of a planned gift, please call
612-332-9630 or email the Friends at [email protected]. •
FRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS WILDERNESS • WINTER 2007 • 2005 - 2006 ANNUAL REPORT
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2005 - 2006 ANNUAL REPORT
2005-06 Donors to the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness
We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals, businesses and foundations which made gifts to the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006.
3M Foundation
ADC Foundation
Andy Aarons
Craig and Elizabeth Aase
Keith Abeles
A Roger and Lisa Abramson
Mark C Ackelson
Linda and Jeff Ackerman
Nancy Adams
Eileen Adams
Emilty Adkins-Smith
Joseph and Marilyn Adler
Jesse Adriaens
Alfred and Dorothee Aeppli
James Ahrlin
David Alban
Judith E Albertson
George and Frances Alderson
Carl Alguire
Jean Allard
Dr and Mrs William C. Allen
Jeff and Ann Allen
Michael S Allen
Sue Allhiser
Richard W Almquist
Joanne Alt and Richard Starr
Lance Amack
Marilee and Dick Amendola
American Express Gift
Matching Program
Ameriprise Financial Employee
Giving Campaign
Brigitta Ammann
Elmer L and Eleanor J. Andersen
Foundation
Alan and Debbie Anderson
Chel Anderson and John Alt
Colin and Lynne Anderson
Doug and Deb Anderson
Judith and Kenneth Anderson
Keith and Anita Anderson
Melissa Anderson and Tom Schank
Peg and Will Anderson
Ronald and Barbara Anderson
John R Anderson M.D.
Beverly Anderson
Gerald A Anderson
Barbara Anderson
James G Anderson
Roger Anderson
Gary W Anderson
Karen L Anderson
Jim J Anderson
Marie Anderson
Nathan Anderson
John Anderson
Lesli Anderson
Bill Anderson
Allen Anderson
Anne M Anderson
Lorri A Anderson
Diane E Anderson
Bonnie L Anderson
Elizabeth K Andre
William Andrews
John E Andrus III
Louise Angos
James and Georgene Angrist
Charles Annett
George Apostolou
Alice Appel
Donna Arbaugh
Rosemarie Archangel
Hal R Arkes
Bob Armbrust
Julie Armour and Paul Matzner
David Armstrong
Laura Armstrong
Joseph and Roseann Arndt
Louisa Arndt
Tom Arneson
Peder G Arneson
Teresa and Timothy Arnold
Don Arnosti and Margaret
Malde-Arnosti
Dennis and Jane Arnott
Fern Arpi
Richard Arpi
Richard Ashley
Joel and Sandy Aslanian
Paul J Aslanian
Jon and Linnea Asp
Marta L Atchison
David Atkins
Pat and Linda Atwater
Arthur C Aufderheide
David K Aughenbaugh
William D Aughenbaugh
Stanley and Terry Aukema
Norman R Aulabaugh
Richard Avrut
Jim Azarski and Nancy
Werner-Azarski
Margaret Baach
David and Meredith Babbott
Kay C Bach
Peter Bachman and Janet Rice
Richard Bachman
Janet Bacigalupo
Jeff and Debra Bacon
Katie and Douglas Bade
Christopher Badger
Charles Bagley
Abbie and David Bahnemann
Michael and Margaret Bahr
Fred Bailey
Virginia Bailey
Bart Bailey
Dorothy A Baker
Christopher Baker
Brian Balanoff
William P Baldus
Maxwell and Barbara Baldwin
Duane Baldwin
Larry Baldwin
Ray and Heather Balestri
Jane Ball
Donald Ball
Robert Ballou
Lee and Pat Balthazor
Gretchen Bangerter
Bank of America Foundation
Roger Bannerman
Ernest and Marlene Banttari
Eddice Barber
Kim and John Barnes
Charles O Barnes
Linda Barnes
Northern Lights on a clear night in the BWCAW.
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Robert B Barrett
Mary Barstad
Mary and Alex Bart
Cindi Barthel
William Barton
Tim Barzen
Marge Bates
Lorien Batt
Mike and Lucy Bauer
Diane Bauer
Lawrence L Bauer
John A Bauer
Shane Bauer
Donna Baumgartner
Ralph Baumgartner
Mary Baumgartner
Patricia Bay
Jonathan Bayer
Deborah Bayly
Maureen Bazinet Beck
Barbara Beaumont
Jon A Becker
Joe and Sheri Beirne
Mary Bejblik
Gerald L Belcher
W A Belding
Daniel Belgum-Blad
Peter Bell
Steve Bellock
Glen Beltt
Ben & Jerry's Foundation
Robert P Bendel
Sam and Elinor Benedict
Robert Benjamin
Kathleen Bennett
Don and Mary Lee Benson
Adam Benson
Henry and Anne Bent
Tim and Laura Berdahl
Bruce and Mary Berend
Frank J Berg Jr
Todd R Berger
Brian and Sheri Bergeron
Barbara J Bergerson
Mark and Julie Berggren
Linda Bergherr
Joanne Bergman
Ted and Teddy Bergstrom
Nadine Bergstrom
Gerry Berkeland and Lisa Schissel
Wiener Berkowitz
Gershon and Suzanne Berkson
Ronald Berman
Carol and Bruce Bernacchia
Gregory Bernhardt
Richard and Gloria Bernstein
Nancy Berntsen
Allan and Jean Berry
Ann Berry
Robert E Bertram
Susan and Stephen Betcher
Michael Bettendorf
Susan Beyer
Bob and Cheryl Beymer
Howard J Bichler
Lila Bidner
Anna Biermeier
Janet Bilden
John Billman
C. Robert Binger
Terry and Susie Bischoff
Ray and Olive Bisco
Donald and Judy Bishop
Jonathan and Lois Bishop
Robert Bishop
Tom and Julia Bittinger
Mark Bixby and Keelin Kane
Betty Bjorge
Bruce and Judith Blackburn
Judy Blanck and Patrick Kearns
Carl S Blashko
Tom Blau and Dawn Ehrsam-Blau
Michael and Susan Blehert
John Bleimehl
Blew Chemical Company
Mary Blickenderfer
Robert and Joy Blinzinger
Carolyn and Richard Block
Bill Blonkowski
Marianne Bloomquist
Paul H Blumberg
Jim Bobzien
Ann Bock
Lois Boehm
Jason and Bethany Boer
Greg Boettner and Kimberly
Johnson
Colin Tyler Bogucki
Mark Bohnhorst and Mary
Wahlstrand
William Boisvert
Richard Bojko
Billy Bollin
Steven Bolton
Don J Bonet
David Borchert
Marion Borell
Tom Borling
Thomas A Bostelmann
Barb and John Bottger
David and Stephanie Bouc
Fred Boulay
Simon and Mariada Bourgin
Ingrid Bourke
John Bowe
John Bowen
Daniel Bowers
Arthur Bowron
Tom Boyce
Glenn and Karen Bradfield
Hugh Brady
Ron Brand and Gail Lundeen
Brand
Carl George and Barbara
Brandhorst
Eric Brandsness
Jon Brandt
Richard Bransford
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Braskamp
Lois Braun
Henry Breckling Jr.
Matthew and Laura Bredesen
Wayne Brejcha
Brellenthin Family Trust
Randy and Cheryl Brenton
Paul and Gretchen Breyen
Kathy Briguet
Ralph and Mary Brindle
Dorothy C Brindle
Doyle and Judith Britton
Arthur Broderson D.D.S.
Bromelkamp Company
Jerry and Lee Brooks
Ronnie and Roger Brooks Fund
Julie Brophy
Daniel and Nancy Brosnan
Steven Broste
Steve Brothers
N. J. Broughton
Austin J Brouns
Dianna and Danny Brown
Michael and Lori Brown
Gary V Brown
Dick Brown
Leroy F Brown
Robert B Brown
Janet Brown
Greg Brown
Curt Brown
Michael Brown
Richard and Nancy Brubaker
Nancy Brucken
John Brugge and Sara Hulsether
Paula J Brugge
Robert Bruininks and Susan
Hagstrum
Bill Bruins
William Bruse
Henry Bruse
Kari Bruursema
Brent Brye and Lucy Nitz
Stephen Bubul and Lee Guis
Edward Buchanan
Allan Buchholz
Roland Buchman
Dr. Caryl and Cynthia Buchwald
Joann Buck
Jim Buczynski
Anna Budde
Gordon Bultena
Beth Burdin
Mike Burg
James Burkard
Ronald and Harriet Burley
Greg and Mary Burnes
Carol and Tom Burns
Richard Burns
Timothy Burns
L. Burns
Patricia Bursch
Stephen Burt
Bob Buselmeier
Curtis Bush
Gerald Butenhoff
Leo and Charlotte Butler
Robert Butler
Scott Byrne
Theo Byrnes
Frank and Kristi Cadwell
Tim and Mary Ann Cady
Pat Caffrey and Peg Zappen
Julie Cahoy
Cynthia Cairney
Elwood F Caldwell
James and Jan Call
Bradley Cameron
Camp Birch Trail for Girls, Inc.
Camp Manito-Wish YMCA, Inc.
Camp Nebagamon LLC
John and Mary Campbell
James Campbell
Paul Campbell
James Campbell
Nicole Canavan
Sally Cantwell
Capital Equipment &
Handling Inc
Robin Caplan and Mark Fellman
Lisa C Caplan
Ron Caple
Patty and Jim Carlen
Brad Carlson and Barbara Garza
Brian and Sue Carlson
Jim and Janet Carlson
Randy and Sara Carlson
Patricia Carlson
Dave Carlson
Gregory Carlson
Richard W Carlson
Bruce P Carlson
Mark Carpenter and Ann Kraemer
Robert Carr
Patty Carr
Jack Carrick
Charles Carroll and Lois Geist
John Carroll
Oriane Casale
Len and Jan Casanova
Ralph L Casebolt
Jim Cashman
Mr. and Mrs. W. Morris Cassel
Andy Castellano
Kenneth Caster
Shelly Catterson
H. Mead and June Cavert
Harlan Cavert and Linda Odegard
Winston Cavert and Carol Witte
Elizabeth Cavert
Jack Cedarleaf
Frank and Kathie Cerra
Bill Chadwick
Champaign Surplus Store
John A Chapman
Gail Chapman
Darlene and Richard Charboneau
Wayne and Lynda Charles
Douglas S Chasar
Bob and Margaret Chasson
Tom and Susan Chelstrom
Susan Jane Cheney and
David Arbeit
Tom Cherveny
Steven and Kathy Chesney
Angela Chesney
Gerald and Wendy Chetkovich
Germaine Chipault & Frederick
Neidhart
Carol Christensen
Philip Christensen
Susan Christensen
Jay Christenson
Christian Brothers of
Minnesota, Inc.
Gary and Karen Christiansen
Erik Christiansen
Gerald Christianson
Arthur W Christofersen
Owen and Katherine Christoferson
Holly Church
Deborah Church
Ed and Gwen Chute
Jeanne and Neil Cinnamon
Janet Cismoski
Whitney and Sarah Clark
Anne Clark
Sherren Clark
Jon Clauss
Mark and Janet Clear
John and Karen Cleary
Robert Cleary
June M Clemens
Gary and Jane Clements
Katie and Greg Clements
Robert E Cline
David R Cline
W. South Coblin
Bill and Marcia Cochran
Barbara and Donald Cohen
Mike and Leslie Cohen
Sydney B Cohen
Dave Cole
Cole & Partners Ltd
Peter Coleman and Catherine
Blackburn
James R Coleman
Lee Coleman
Dayton and Cheryl Coles
George and Carolyn Rovee Collier
Gregory J. Collins and
Kim Kleinschmidt
Sharon Colman
Mary Sue Comfort
Cynthia Cone
Janice Conklin
Doug Connell
Carol Connolly
Shawn Connor
Corey Conover
Joseph R Conrad
Alison Contos
Freddie Contreras
Carmen Converse
Jack and Debbie Cook
Ellen Cooke
Rick Cool
Tracy Cooley
David P Cooley
James D Cooper
Jake Cooper
Wanda Copeland
Bob Cormier
Madelaine and Gene Cornelius
Jack Cornwell
Sydney Corrigan
Margot F Coryell
Ann and Dodd Cosgrove
John E Costin
Michael Cotten
Kelly and Kevin Coughlin
John and Jeanne Cound
Mary Courage
Steve Couture
James Cowan
Lynn Cowsert
Nancy Cox
Thomas and Carolyn Coyle
Thomas Coyne
Tom and Endrene Crampton
Angela M. Crandall and Sean
McGuire
Joseph Craven
Charles Creager
Neale Creamer
Daniel Creaney
Mike and Becky Creglow
Tom Crew
Patty Crockford
Daniel and Marsha Croner
Ellie Crosby
William A Crosley
John and Eva Cross
Barbara Crow and Sherry Rovig
Colleen and Jim Crow
Crow Creek Bible Baptist Church
William R Crozier
Margaret Cruikshank
David and Susan Cudden
Louis L Culbert
Anne Culver
Maida and John Cummings
Bill and Mary Cunningham
Neil W Currie
Charles W Curry
Ed Cushing
Michael Custard
Marc Czapla
Steve Dahl
Paul Dahlen
Jim Dahn
George and Kate Dailey
Patrick Daley
Sheldon and Carol Damberg, M.D.
Ella Marie Dammann
Virginia Danfelt
James A Daniel
John Daniels Jr.
Cheryl Dannenbring and
Walter Prentice
George Danser and Jean Cary
Edith C Darley
Mary and Tom Darnall
Peter D'Ascoli
Bill and Trang Davidson
Bruce C Davidson
Ed and Amy Davies
Scott and Patricia Davies
Thomas E Davies
Gordon L Davis
Scott Davis
Robert Davis
Brad Davis
Tim and Katie Dawson
Carol and James Dayton
Chuck Dayton and Sara Evans
David and Vanessa Dayton
Edward and Sherry Ann Dayton
Linda Dean
Jeff and Dayna Deaton
Nellie DeBruyn and Tom Hatch
Chris and Jeff DeChristopher
Paula W DeCosse
David B Deda
Shukri and Ellen Deeb
Monica Deignan and Steve
Gustafson
Dan and Linda Deitz
James and Elizabeth Deitz
Toetie DeLeau
David and Page DeLong
Sharon DeLong and Colin
MacLean
Dan DeLorenzo
C DeMaioribus
David Demarest
Jerry and Marsha Dennison
Phil Dentinger and Connie Wanek
Frances and John Deppe
Al DeRuyter and Linda Peterson
Designers Guild Building
Dan Dettmann
Bradley and Susan Dewey
Travis W DeWitt
Susan Dickert
Timothy B Dickinson
Janis Diebel
Harvey Diehl
Bill Diers
Robert Dillard
Dan and Cahrene Dimick
Jim Dimick CPA
Wayne and Carol Dinelli
Robert and Sara Dinius
Charlotte and Jeff Disch
Dan Disch
M. Dean and Maureen Dixon
John C Dixon
J Dobb
Louis G Doering
Mary Doerr
Bernhard W Doettger Jr
Jeanne Dolan
Janet L Dolan
Susan d'Olive Mozena
Laura Doll and Brett Maynard
Rebecca and Steve Dondlinger
Patricia A Donnick
Terrance Donohue
Lawrence J Donovan
Kathy and Robert Dorman
Al Dorsch and Pat Dugan
Dan and Becky Dosmann
Bob Dow
Theresa Downer
Bill and Rosemary Draeger
Philip Drajeske
Bruce Drake and Elizabeth Garren
Joseph and Doris Drake
Rhoda and Ben Drake
Ron and Jan Draper
Charles Draper
Roy A Dray
Robert and Betty Dreis
Bill and Kathleen Drennan
Cynthia B Driscoll
John F Driscoll
Amy Dritz
John Drury
Roger L Duba
Richard Dubiel
Andy and Jenny Duerkop
Chris Duerksen
Michael Dukes and Jody Reynolds
Richard Duncan
Doug Duncan
Howard Dunham
Michael B Dunkin
Roy Dunlap
Robert Dunn
Michele Dunning and Garry Yazell
Lary Dunsmore
William and Barb Durbin
Jason and Sara Dusbabek
Duane T Dust
Erik Duus
Pete Duys
Eunice L Dwan 1991
Irrevocable Trust
Ray Dysas
Joe and Jenn Dziedzic
Dan Eads
Ralph Ebbott
Earl and Margaret Eberhardt
Joseph Eckberg
Kenneth C Eckstein
EcoTrust
John Eddy
Eden Prairie Foundation
Alison and David Edgerton
Jack and Jane Edson
Joyce Edstrom
Karen Edwards and John Rieser
Bruce M Edwards
Paul Egeland
Karl Egge
David Egli
Bruce and Marlene Ehresman
Mac Ehrhardt
Hank and Lara Ehrsam
Linda Eichstadt
Blake Eickhorst
Tamera and Jonathan Eirten
James and Jill Eisele
Jonathan and Jill Eisenberg
Joan S Elbers
Persis Elkins
Chris Ellis
Dave and Joan Ellison
Vernon and Judy Elsberry
Susan Elsner
Wally Elton
John and Ann Elward
Judith Emmett
Evan and Sam Emmons
Bruce and Liza Eng
Mark and Carol Engebretson
Ralph and Sue Engebrit
Keith Engelhart
David and Jill Engelstad
Eugene Engle
David Engleson
Bill and Catherine Englund
Karen and Arny Engman
Dan Engstrom and Barb Coffin
Jim Ennen
Thomas E Erffmeyer
Roy and Lynne Erickson
Stephen Erickson and
Jan Jacobson
Thomas D. Erickson
and K Solomonson
Todd and Christina Erickson
Joann Erickson
Robert L Erickson
Bill Erickson
Sharon Erickson
Chris Erickson
Dell Erickson
Ron Erickson
Becky Erickson
Doris S Erickson
Norman Erickson
Dwight and Ann Ericsson
Paul Ernst
Mary Ernst
Richard Ertel
Robert W Eshenour
Eric R Evans
Michelle Evans
Caryn Deann Evenmo
Ian and Leah Evison
Audrey Ewin
Steve and Katie Eyer
Loren Faaborg
Faegre and Benson Foundation
Marlys Fairbanks
Ross and Kelly Falzone
John and Mary Fangman
Craig Farley
Richard Farrar
Kathleen Farrell
Herbert and Mary Fasth
Thomas E Fasth
Gloria and Michael Fauerbach
David Feagler
Robert and Carol Fealey
Mary Feidt and Eddie Lewis
Patty and Barry Feld
Roger Feldman
Nile and Kay Fellows
John Fenoglio
Heather Ferguson and Annika
Fjelstad
Kay Ferguson
Chad Ferguson
Richard and Gail Ferndandez
Jennifer Ferrante
Diane Ferreira and Suzanne Holtz
Charlie and Anne Ferrell
Andrew Ferstl
Dave and Patty Feste
David R Fetty
Conrad and Carol Fialkowski
John Fieberg
Timothy Fiedler
Jon Fieldman
Doug Fields and Roxana Reitz
Dogsledding near Curtain Falls in the BWCAW.
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Earl Finden and Shirley Porrazzo
Dan and Alice Findley
Nigel and Jeanne Finney
Robert J Firary
Richard and Carol Fish
Virginia and Art Fish
John V Fisher
Gerald Fitzgerald
Michael Fitzgibbons
James Fitzpatrick and Annette
Gendron-Fitzpatrick
Andy Flamm
Allen and Mary Jo Fleming
Jim and Janice Fleming
Susan Fleming
Peter Fleming
Arlene Flemmer
Richard and Carol Flint
Chris Flint
Katherine Flom
Dean Flugstad
Barb and Jim Folden
David Folland Violins
Jeffery L Ford
Marion Forgatch
Roger Forman
Dorothy and Frederick Forro, Jr.
Paul and Michele Forsberg
William and Virginia Forsberg
Steve Forsberg
Cynthia and David Foster
Jack and Shirley Foster
Richard and Katherine Fournier
James Fowler
David and Carrington Fox
Doug and Peggy Franchot
James L Francis
Denise Frank
Lester E Frankenthal III
Ellis and Linnae Frans
Gary Fransen
Kathleen Franzen
Tom Fraser and Mary Strand
Tracy J Fredin
Patricia Freeburg
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Freeman
Craig O Freeman
Lee Frelich
Brand Frentz
Chris and Gail Frethem
Eugene Frett
Roger Frick
Russell Fridley
Gary Friedlander
Norma K Friedrichs
Bernard P Friel
Friends of the A R Marshall
Loxahatchee Natl Wildlife Refuge
Luke Froeb
Robert and Angelica Fryberger
Robert Frykman
William C Fucik
Ellen L Fuge
Wayne R. Fuller and Sherri
Gebert Fuller
Stan Fullerton
Lori Funk
Elizabeth Furber
Gary and Melva Furst
Robert and Mona Furtwangler
G-K Components, Inc.
GMAC - Residential Funding
Corporation
Mark Gabel
Jeanne M. Gabriel Malush and
Gregory Malush
Cynthia Gabrielli
Beth Gaede and Bob Christenson
Lauren Gaffney
Joe Gaines
Kazimiera Gajl-Peczalska MD
Terry & Pamela Sprecher-Galka
John and Margaret Galland
Esther M Gallant
Suzanne Galloway
Bruce and Lois Garbisch
Wayne Garcia
Bradley Garni
Patricia L Garrett
Steven C Garske
Michael Gary
Alex and Sandra Gasiel
Nancy Gates
Ned and Carol Gatzke
Judy Geck and John Quaife
Dale Geise
Jacob Geisler
Karen Geislinger
"Generaction, Inc."
General Mills Foundation
Generations Fund
Randy and Trudy Genrich
Jerry Gentz
Joyce and John George
Lynden Gerdes and Doris
Lawson-Gerdes
Dan and Patti Gerhan
Tyson Gern
Florence Gerstung
George and Dorothy Gibbs
Kate V Gibbs
Nancy Gibson and Ron Sternal
Richard and Claire Gierat
Mark M Giese
Gail A Gieseke
Jane C. Gilbert-Howard and
Dr. Ken Howard
Ken Gilbertson
Helen Gilles
Robert Gilsdorf
Glenn Gilyard
Karen Gimbel
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Smooth water on Isabella Lake, BWCAW.
Thomas and Carol Gipe
John Gjesfjeld
Barbara and Brad Glass
John and Roberta Gleason
Lyn Glenn
David Glenn
Lynn A Glesne
Richard and Janet Glidden
Global Impact
Steve Glockner
John and Frances Glover
Kim Goei Okon and Scott Okon
Mark and Anita Goellner
John Goellner
Meta Goertnier
Scott and Nadine Goetz
Melvin and Donna Goldenbogen
Sue Goldman
Saren Goldner
Scott and Yvonne Goldsmith
Harris and Marijo Goldstein
Allen Gooch
Charles Good
John E Goode
Karen and James Goodin
John Goodman
Irwin Gooen
The Gordon Foundation, Inc.
Larry and Betty Gordon
Lisa and Andrew Gordon
Christopher Goring
Robert Gosdick
Bobbie and Christopher Gostout
John and Mary Gould
Sarah and Eric Goullaud
Kenneth and Deborah Goya
Gary Grace
Stan Graczyk
Brian Graff
Richard Graft
John and Vicky Graham
Ronald and Barbara Graham
James S Graham
Cynthia Graham
Tom and Tina Grahek
Maryann Grami
Donald Grant
Dean Grau and Kerry Scott
Robert Graves
Ray Gravlin
Mark and Cathy Gray
James Gray
Clifton W Gray
Greater Twin Cities United Way
Joe Greco
Janet C Green
Gregory Green
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Miriam Greenblatt
John Greene
Jeff and Gail Greengard
Dianne Greenley
LeRoy Greenley
Leona Greenly
Glenn M Greff
Daniel Gregerson
George Gregg
Wolfgang Greiner
Russell P Gremel
David Greymont
Michael Griffin and Terry Hagenah
Tom and Gretchen Griffin
Joann and H. Tom Griffith
Tim and Margi Griffith
Bill Griffiths
Richard Grimes
Mr. and Mrs. John Grimmer
Joseph and Marjorie Grinnell
Bob and Joann Groman
Anne Marie Gromme
Geno Gronewold
Erich and Jane Groos
Bert M. Gross and Susan Hill
Gross
Tom and Mary Gross
Mae Gross
Walter Gross Jr. Family
Foundation
Michelle Gross
Lillian Grothe
Thomas H Groves
Jeffrey and Margaret Gruna
Grunau Company Inc
Bruce and Jean Grussing
Ken Guenthner and
Kathleen Swanson
Joanne M Guild
Joseph and Peggy Guiney
Richard Gumber
Traces of Eden
Anna Gunderson
Walter Gusek
Paul Gustad
Glen Gustafson
Mark P Gustafson
Peter and Caroline Guynn
HSBC Philanthropic Programs
John P Haag
Darren Haag
Wendy Haan
Stephen and Sarah Haas
Bruce Habegger
Chuck and Jerrilyn Hackbrush
Linnea Hadlock
Roger Haertel
Dave Hafner
Jan L Hagen
Robert Hagge Jr.
Dave Hahn
Donald Hakanson
James R Hale
Julie and Parker Hall
Rosalie Hall
Robert Hall
Westover School
Ron and Janyce Halligan
Bernard and Joyce Halver
Mark Halverson
Nancy Hamill Winter
Heidi and Steve Hamilton
Debra Hamilton
William E Hammer
Richard Hamilton Smith
Photography
John Hammetter and Karen
Hauser
Anne Handford
Alan Haney
Norman J Hannay
John Hannig
Adrien-Alice Hansel
Beverly and Robert Hansen
Jon and Marilyn Hansen
Karen and Craig Hansen
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hansen
Charles Hansen III
Sally Hansen
Derek Hansen
Bob and Cathy Hanson
John and Eileen Hanson
Linda and Kurt Hanson
Bruce Hanson M.D.
Richard Hanson
A S Hanson
Shoko Hanzawa and Glen Hill
John Harbeck
Harbour Ridge Yacht Club
David J Harding
David Hardymon
James Harless and Sheila
Wagner-Harless
Paul K Harms
Jeff and Joan Harn
Betty Jean Harper
Dennis and Mary Ann Harren
Ronald M Harrigan
Nancy Harrington
Harris Bank Foundation
Jay and Carol Harris
John and Helen Harris
Paul H Harris
Ernie Harris
Vince and Cathryn Harsha
Helen Harshman-Edwards
Marianne and George Hartnett
Dr Daniel C Hartnett Family
Foundation
Tim Hartsook DDS, PC
Mark and Sandy Harvey
Robert Hasman
Jeff Hassing
Dale Haugen
Darrell and Julie Haugh
Kathryn Haugrud
William A Hauser
Thomas J Hautman
Peter and Katherine Hawkins
Grant and Susan Hawthorne
William and Judith Hay, Jr.
Samuel and Barbara Hays
Prof. Evan and Elaine Hazard
John and Sara Hazelton
Kathy Heard and Fitzhugh Pannill
James E Hearns Charitable
Foundation
Elizabeth Heck
Chris Heck
Reverend and Mrs. Walter Hed
Steve and Dee Hedman
Susan Heffron
David W Hegdahl
Lee Hegstrand
Elvin and Corrine Heiberg
Keith Heimforth
Dale H Heinen
Jay Heinrich
Fran Heinselman
Mary Susan Heise
Carolyn Heistad and Scott Wolff
David and Juliane Heit
Harriet K Held MD
Jerry Helfand
Mike Helfman and Luisa Gerasimo
Stefan and Lonnie Helgeson
Glen Helgeson
Nathan Hellyer
Gretchen and Todd Helmer
John Helvig
David Hemstreet
Cal and Mary Henderson
Henderson Family
Bruce W Henke
David Henning
John Henning
Julie Henricksson
Henry A Fox Sales Co.
Dann and Lisa Henseler
Brian Hergert
John and Diane Herman
Al Herman
Amy Hero Jones
Robert and Claire Heron
William Herrbold
Jerome L Herro
Wendell and Elaine Herron
Tom Herschelman
William Herzberg
Sharon Hestvik-Twarok
Hewlett-Packard Company
Zol Heyman
Ronald Hans Hicks and Audrey
Burmeister-Hicks
Douglas E Hicks
Richard and Carrie Higgins
Kathleen Higgins
Timothy Highland
Connie Hilliard and Fran Coyne
Michael and Nanette Hillmeyer, Jr.
BJ Hilton
Darwin Hindman
Fletcher Hinds
Shelley Hines
Robert J Hines
Brad and Boo Hinker
Richard Hinquist
Julie Hinton
HMY New Yacht Sales Inc
Don Hoagland
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Hochman
Katie Hocke
Ben Hocker
Steven and Kathy Hockett
Adam Hocking
Charles Hodulik
Bruce A Hoem
George and Susan Hoff
James E Hoffman
Jill Hoffman
William B Hofmann M.D.
Linda and Robert Hofstad
Dawn Hofstrand
'Skip' Hofstrand
Debra Hoger
Paul Hogrefe and James Sauder
John and Gail Holcombe
Bill Holden and Louise Reid
Frank Holdmeyer
Phil Holdread
Sarah Hole
Greg and Linda Holey
Brian Holinbeck
Jack and Colleen Holmbeck
Julie F Holmen
Mark and Mary Holmes
Elizabeth Holmes
Ray Holmes
Amy and Eric Holmgren
Edith Hols
Anne Holub
Paul Homer
Daniel Homer
Sharon Hoogendoorn
Mike and Amy Hooley
John H Hooley
Roger Hoopingarner
Stephen Horchem
Wilson Horick and Grace Renshaw
Ronald Horn
Wayne Hoshal
Ross Hostetter
House Dressing Co.
Kathleen Housman
John Hovanec
Delaine and Elsa Hovey
Racheal and Lance Hovland
Michael Hovland
Dr. Howard and
Ms. Gilbert-Howard
Mary Howard
David Howd
John and Judith Howe
John and Susan Howe
Robert and Doris Howe
Peter and Gladys Howell
Richard Hruby
Earl and Bruce Hubbard
Lucille Hubbard
Autumn Hubbell
John P Huchra
Elden Huemann
Byron K Huffman
Albert Hughes
Philip Hugly
Frank Hull
Riley Humler
Diane S Humphrey
Fred and Kathy Hund
Gary Hunt
Peggy Hunter and Doug Wallace
Gene and Susan Huntsman
Eric G Hurley
Shirley Huskins
Deborah Huskins
James Hust
Elizabeth Hutchins
Jay Hutchinson
David Huth
Keith Huth
Charles Huver
Paula and Kim Hyatt
Edwin Hyde Jr.
IBM Internatioanl
Foundation (IIF)
Randa Ibrahim
Ken Ikier
Doris Ikier
Illinois Tool Works Foundation
Dave Ingebrigtsen
Tom Ingleby
Karen and Roger Innes
Kristin Ireland
Leslee T Irwin
James Isensee
Robert Iverson
Gregg Iverson
Dan Iverson
James Jablonski
Bill and Shirley Jackson
Chris and Val Jackson
Curt and Mary Jo Jackson
Elmer Jackson
Nancy A Jackson
Robert Jacobs
Gerald and Joan Jacobsen
Mark and Jeanne Jacobson
Jean Jahnke
Lois and Gordon James
Molly James
Don Janes
Frederick Jannett Jr.
Jim R Janssen
Leonard Japko
Jaro Floor Service
Bruce and Alison Jarvis
Jana Javorcikova
Steve and Anne Jay
Jean Jelliffe
Holly Jenkins
Alan and Donna Jensen
Bob and Trimby Jensen
Paul and Marie Jensen
Ron Jensen and Judy Ostendorff
Wayne Jensen
Geri Jensen
Soren R Jensen
Bart and Teresa Jenson
Marvin C Jepsen
Thomas and Marian Jerdee
N.K. Jesler
Wayne R Jex
James Jilek
Don and Linda Johaneson
Donald Johanneck
Eleigh Johns
Betty and Bud Johnson
Betty and Cliff Johnson
Charles and Lorraine Johnson
Dave and Karen Johnson
Gerhard and Janet Johnson
Greg and Barbara Johnson
Lyle and Corky Johnson
Marion Johnson and Julie
Dereschuk
Michele and Tim Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Johnson
Pat and Paul Johnson
Reverend Glenn and Karen
Johnson
Sally A. Johnson and Kay Kramer
Steve and Mona Johnson
Ted Johnson
Rick D Johnson
Ellen J Johnson
Tom M Johnson
Wilfred T Johnson
Doug Johnson
Lowell Johnson
Steve Johnson
Erika Johnson
Jayne Johnson
Steven W Johnson
Gunnar Johnson
Richard Johnson
Ted E Johnson
Adelle E Johnson
Calvin Johnson
Bill Johnson
Judith Johnson
Daniel B Johnson
Diane Johnson
Richard K Johnson
Ryan Johnson
Sara Johnson
Craig R Johnson
Johnson Copeland Family
Richard Johnston
William Johnston
Frances and Jerry Jones
Kent Jones and Nick Vavrichek
Mark and Judith Jones
Barbara Jones
Catherine Jordan and Steve Lick
William and Laura Jordan
Gayle Jorgens
Richard Jorgensen
Linda Jorgenson and Jack
Gunderson
Laura Jorgenson
Ann and Steve Jorstad
Yleen Joselyn
Jeff Josephs
Howard Y Josephs
Dr. and Mrs. A. Everett Joslyn
Ken and Janet Joslyn
Robert Jostes
Pete and Margaret Jung
Jan Kaeter
Phyllis L Kahn
Debra Kaibel
Wayne and Lynne Kaiser
Bob Kaiser
Lee and Susan Kaiser Johnson
James Kalb
David Kaldor
Diana Kamp
k. Skiff and Katherine Kane, DVM
Dan Kane
Monica Kaner
Barry and Nicole Kaplan
Lois Kaplan
Ehren Kappe
Roger L Kapsner
Steve and Lynn Karges
Karen Karis
David and Olga Karthauser
Diane Kaseno
Eric Katkow
Roger Kaye
Bryan Kaylor
Denis B Kazelas
Sean and Sheila Kearney
Peter Kearney M.D.
Steven and Lolita Keck
Frank Keeler
Patrick and Rebecca Keenan
Margaret Keenan
Kellogg Foundation
Michael and Judie Kelley
E.J. Kelley
Rich Kelley
Martin and Esther Kellogg
William and Jennifer Kellogg
Jeannine Kellogg
Charles A Kelly
Nancy Kelly
Mike Kemen
Loni Kemp and Richard Nethercut
Richard B Kemp
James and Patricia Kemper
Jim and Barbara Kenaga
Alden Kendall and Evelyn Timm
John Kendrick
Robert and Norma Kenney
Les and Jan Kent
Mary E Kent
Sandra Keplinger
Arthur and Helen Kerle
Diane Kerly
Don and Phyllis Kerr
Steve Kerrigan
Janice Ketelle
Kenneth and Carol Kidder
Wood Kidner and Susan Funk
Thomas and Elizabeth Kiekhafer
Mark Kightlinger
Kathleen Kilpatrick
James J. Kilps and Mary Pruitt
Ross and Janet Kimmerle
Joe and Kathy Kingman
Maureen Kinney
David Kinzer
Elaine and Robert Kirk
Paul and Patricia Kirkegaard
Clark and Bonnie Kirkpatrick
Kathy Kissick
Lynn and Marie Kistler
Carlton Kittleson
Louis D Kittleson
Tom and Shellee Klausmeier
Patrick Klavon
Elenor Klein and Glen Kerrebrock
John Klein and Maria Pastoor
Keith Kleinsasser
David Klett and Elizabeth Halloran
Charles D Kleymeyer
Jacaui and Phil Klezek
Mark Kline
Doris E Kling
Jerry Klingbeil
Barry and Sharon Knapp
Todd and Olga Knapp
Stuart Knappmiller and Mary
Ellen Knapmiller
Leif and Deb Knecht
James Knezz
Sally Knight
Knights Creek Nursery
Scott Knowles
Mark Knox
Sanne Knudsen and Todd
Wildermuth
Darrell Knuffke and Barb West
Leslie and Bonnie Knuti, Jr.
Morris Knutsen
Dr. Michael and Martha Koch
Gerald and Rosette Koch
Michael and Kristin Koch-Weser
Robert Koehler
Dean Koehler
Bill Koehring
Norman V Kohn
Barb and Steve Kokotovich
Misty Kolk
Carol and Fletcher Koos
Thomas and Patrice Koshiol
Marilyn Kosmider
Robert Koubsky
Eleanor M Kowalczyk
E.B. Kowalski
Ed Kowynia
E.C. Kragenbrink
Patricia Kramer
Nancy and Bryan Krantz
Brian and Lisa Krause
Diane Krause
Daniel and Kathy Krebsbach
Anne Krebsbach
Elizabeth Kreider
Eric Kreidler
Sue Kressler
Daniel Kriske
Richard and Amelia Kroeger
Jean and Richard Krohn
Sheryl and Dave Krohne
Steve and Barb Kromholz
Albion Kromminga
John and Jan Kronholm
John and Liga Kropp
Irene Krueckeberg
Richard Krueger
Ron Krueger
Cameron Kruse
Bruce and Julie Kuehl
Gene M Kuehn
Frank Kuehn
Kathy and Bryan Kufus
Ann Kuhlmann and
Elizabeth Blockwell
Barbara Kuhn and William
Sjoholm
Robert H Kuhn
Carol Kuhre
Jeffrey and Frances Kuhs
Thomas and Suzanne Kunze
Arnie Kurmis
Carl Kurtz
Dr. and Mrs. Burton Kushner
Peggy Ladner and Clif Brittain
Andrew LaFaive
David Laforge
Greg LaFramboise
Arne and Miriam Lagus
Ellis Laitala
Erwin Laitala
Hartley M Lajoy D.D.S.
Kirk and Deanna Lamb
Gertrude Lambert
Donna Lanciotti
Kathy D. Landis and Miles Reimer
John Langbein
Jim and Penny Langland
Barry and Kathleen Langton
Don Lanik
Bret and Wendi Lanning
Gene and Nancy Larimore
Greg and Barb Larsen
John Larsen and Michael Stewart
Anne Larsen Simmons
Bruce and Marj Larson
Clinton and Carolyn Larson
David and Ruth Larson
Greg Larson
Sandra A Larson
Charles Larson
James Larson
Laurie and Jim Latimer
Richard M Laue
Richard and Linda Law
M.T. Lawler
Mark Lawyer
John and Prudence Leachman
Tom and Sue Leaf
Aspen Exterior Company
Bruce D. Lee and Catherine
A. Finley
David and Elizabeth Lee
Gordon and Amy Lee
William and Catherine Lee, Jr.
Marvin Lee
Lindsay Lee
Don Lee
Ronald Leek and Terry Sussman
John Leeper
Tom LeFevere
James Lehman
James J Leigh
Virgil and Pat Leih
Laurel and Eric Lein
John J Leinen Jr.
Sally and Jeff Leinicke
Steve and Sue Lekwa
Douglas Lemke
Susan C Lemm
Robert S Lenobel M.D.
Tom Lentz
Ralph Lentz
Charles Lentz
Thomas Leo
Dr. Arthur and Dr. Gloria Leon
John Leonard
W. R Leonard
Richard and Ann Leppert
Peter and Pam Leschak
Jan Leuenberger
John Leunig
Charlie Leuthner and Ellie
Cochran
William Leveille
Brian Levendowski
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Levi
Chuck Levine
Abe and Pat Levy
Brad and Jean Lewis
James and Judith Lewis
Lee Lewis and Stephen Bubul
Mary T Lewis
Bill Lewis
Beth Lewis
Sally Lewis
Wesley Libbey
Libbey Foundation
Robert B Licht
Thomas E Liebl
William and Jackie Light
William and Julie Light
Craig and Margaret Lilja
Dave and Midge Lilja
Jerry Lilja
Richard Lillehei
Lily L Lim
John and Marilyn Lindbeck
Aline C Lindbeck
Kent Lindberg
George Lindeberg
Karen Lindig
Jeff and Janna Lindoo
Tim and Tracy Lindstrom
Roger and Maxene Linehan
Don Lintner and Becky Jorgensen
Lynn Linton
John Litch
Alan and Kathleen Lobley
Dale A Lockwood
Lockwood & Darlene
Carlson Fund
of Fidelity Charitable Gift
Todd and Ann Loehrke
Log Cabin Hideaways
Peter and Elizabeth Lommen
Basil Loney
Edith and Richard Long
Willis Long
Mitch Long
Catherine Long
Longenbaugh Family
David and Kathleen Longton
Longview Foundation
Patrick Looby Jr.
Teri Looney
Cam Lorendo
Shirley Losch
Jeanette Louis
Gail Loverud
Frani Lowe
Vern and Sylvia Lowell
Chuck and Karin Lowrie
Bob and Grace Lucas
Lori Lucke
Barbara Ludwick
Armin Luehrs
Lisa and Patrick Luetmer
Paul Lukens
Rolf and Lisa Lund
Elizabeth Lund
The Lundeen Foundation
John Lundquist
John and Mary Ellen Lundsten
Cheryl and Frank Lushine
Claribel Lutes
Sandra Lutz
Cyrus H Lyle
Joseph and Valerie Lynch
Mary Lynch and Kurt Kelsey
John C Lynskey
Sharon Lyon
Charles Lyons and Claire Gerhard
Kurt and Mary Lysne
Tim Maas
Scott MacAdam
Robert G MacDonald
Steve Macejkovic
Edward and Avismeri MacGaffey
Robert and Audrey MacLean
Lynn MacLean
Alan Maclin
Kris MacPherson
David P Madden
Joe and Janice Maddox
Fred and Tracy Madison
Ken and Sue Madsen
Bernice C Maertz
Magdsick Family Charitable
Fund J476
Sanne and David Magnan
Jack and Mary Magnuson
James and Dianne Mahaffey
Robert Mains
Beverly Mains
Michael Majerle
Jim and Diane Malcolm
Danuta Malejka-Giganti
Robert and Patricia Mall
C. and M. Harris Mallory
John Malmgren
Joseph and Marge Malmquist
Kathleen Malone
Marilyn Maloney
Mr. and Mrs. Roger B. Mandel
Sallie Mann
Jim Manning
Bruce Manning
Joe and Marsha Mansur
William Manthey
Angelo Marasco
Paul Maravelas
Phyllis Maritz
George Markham Jr.
George Marks
Howard Markus
Robert and Jeannette Marlow
Kathleen Marmet
Don Maronde
Bonnie Marron
Mitchell Mars and Jennifer
Austgen-Mars
Alan and Mary Marschall
Diane and Robert Marschke
Charles and Marilyn Marsden
David Marsh
Harold A Marsh
Jim and Shirley Marshall
Robert and Margaret Marshall
Jim Marstiller
Andy and Susan Rae Martin
Jerry R Martin
Michael M Martin
Wesley P Martin
Eric Martin
Virginia L Martin
Susan Martineau
Mathew Marty
Delores and Joseph Marusiak
Craig and E. Faye Mason
Dan and Caroline Mason
Jim Mason
Max C Mason
Elisabeth C Mason
John and Carolyn Massey
Ron Mastalski
Tom Matheny
Ed Mathis
John and Judy Mathwin
Katy Mattson
Virginia Maturen
Mark Matuseski
Mike Matz and Sally Shuffield
Cathy Mauer and Gordon Ruesch
Alex and Barbara Maurizi
Bill Maxey
Andrew May and Nancy Brown
Josh May and Katie Greenebaum
Joe May
Catherine Mayer
Jim and Mary Alice Mayerle
Douglas Mayo and Susan Long
Dennis Mazur
Patricia M McAllister
Joe and Barbara McAuley
Leo McAvoy
Robert McCabe
Michael and Kay McCarthy
Pat McCauley
Jean McClelland
Elspeth S McClelland
Jim McClenahen
Jon and Bonnie McCluskey
Daniel McCollins
Hugh McConnell
Polly McCormack
Louise McCracken
Jean McCurdy
Renee and Tom McCutcheon
Catherine McDonnell-Forney
Ed McDowell
Wanda McDowell
Paul McEntee
Maridee McEvoy
McFarland Lake Canoe Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard D.
McFarland
Nina and Rex McGehee
Richard and Tamara McGehee
Tim and Katie McGinley
Angela McGowan
Bob and Mary McGrew
Gregory J McGuiness
Dan McInerny
Dan and Susan Mcintyre
O. Ross and Jean McIntyre
James and Amy McKenzie
Mary McKenzie
Robert and Becky McKim
Anne McKinsey
John and Mary Jane McLaughlin
Richard and Margarette
McLaughlin
Randy McLaughlin
Daniel McLellan
Ian McLeod
John and Karen McManus
Bill McMenamin
Mimi McMillen
Robert McMurchy
Paul and Corrine McNamara
Mary McNellis
John J McSwiggen
Jim McWethy
Meadows Foundation
Patrick Mehigan
Jim and Marilyn Meier
Richard Meier and Madeline
Sutherland-Meier
Bill Meller
Edgar P Menning
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Stephen and Mary Menz
Dale Merriman
Gary and Mary Merritt
Marlene and Frank Messin
Emily C Meter
Pamela W Meyer
Donald Meyer
Peg Michel and Don Gibbard
Robert Michel
P. Louis and Rosalie Michelich
Michigan State University
David and Anne Mickelson
Louise A Mielke
Jeanette Mielke Gerritz
Mike & friends
David and Kathleen Miller
Jay and Erika Miller
Kenneth and Kathleen Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Miller
Neil and Jennifer Miller
Norman Miller
Monte Miller
John P Miller
Judith L Miller
Linda K Miller
Thomas Miller
Richard Miller
Paula Miller
Don Miller
Gregory Millert
David P Millett MD
James Millikan
Rachel Mills
Bill Minge
The Minneapolis Foundation
Minnesota Environmental Fund
Michael D. Minichiello and
William J. Repicci
Minnesota Community
Fdtn/Moersfelder Family Fund
Mike Miskowitz
Laverne Mitby
Kathryn Mitchell-Ball and
Robert Ball
Jacqueline Mithun
Fran Mittler
Carol J Mizuno
Karine and Paul Moe
Bob and Sharon Moeller
Benjamin Moerke
Ronald L Moline
George and Karen Momany
Deb Monacelli
Mark and Jean Mondrala
Chuck and Lesa Monroe
Margot and Bjorn Monson
David Moody
Gary Mook
Brian and Susan Mooney
Marilyn Moore
William F Moore
George Moore
Patrick and Patricia Moran
William A Moran
Maureen and David Mordick
Bruce Moreira
Stan and Arleen Moren
Edward Morgan
Jonathan H Morgan
Anthony Morley and Ruth
Anne Olson
Doris and Norman Morrill
Carol and George Morrison
Ken Morrison
Tom and Gerry Morrow
Edgar and Elizabeth Morsman
Paul Mortell
Mark A Mortenson
Jeylan Mortimer
David Morton
Thomas and Joan Mosher
Tanaz Hair Boutique
Bob Moyat
Richard Muelder
Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Mueller
Steve Mueller and Pam Dykstra
James Mueller
Elizabeth T Muir
Diane Mulbrook
John and Beryl Mulhern
Pat Mullaney
Anthony and Christina Mullozzi
Gerald Mundt
Judy and John Murphy
Kingsley H Murphy Family
Foundation
Michael M Murphy
Nancy Murphy
Leonard Murphy
Mike Murr
Edward R Murray
Great Lakes Kayak
World of Wood Ltd
William Myers and Virginia Dudley
George R Myers
Alan Myers
Jon Myre
Paul Nachman
Wilma and Jonathan Nachsin
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2005 - 2006 ANNUAL REPORT
Lee Nafziger
Suzanne K Nance
Sue and Sandy Narayan
The Nash Foundation
Paisley Nash-Dooley
National Forest Foundation
Robert Natonson
Marlene and Ronald Nauman
Pat Nauseda
Wallace Neal
Mark and Taryn Israel Nechanicky
Kendal J. Neitzke and Stacey
L. Balsley
Darby and Geri Nelson
Eric and Dottie Nelson
Gary and Bev Nelson
Gary and Claire Nelson
Gloria and Earl Nelson
Jim Nelson and Linnea Matson
Jon and Carleen Nelson
Floyd Nelson
Robert R Nelson MD
Joyce A Nelson
Conrad N Nelson
Rodney Nelson
Dareus Nelson
Betty Nelson
Don Nemcek
Judith Neren Dean
Bob Nesheim and Marlys Johnson
Julie Nester
Vernie and Gordon Nethercut
Josh Neucks
Alan Neuenburg
Dave and Sandra Neuendorf
Gary Nevalainen
Don and Becky Newberg
Sara L. Newberger and Barbie
Levine
David Newman
Tom Newman
David Newton
Hudson Nichols
Herb Nichols
James and Deborah Nicholson
Katherine and Stuart Nielsen
Dennis and Carolyn Nieman
Jerry and Bonnie Niemi
Tom and Carolyn Niesen
Chris Niesen
Don and Gerda NIghtingale
Charles Nix
Ronald Noga
David and Mary Noll
John Noll
Karle and Diane Nolte
David J Nommensen
Chris and Sandra Norbury
Michael Nord
Thor and Audry Nordwall
John Nordwall
Karen Norman
Chuck Norseng
Hugh and Mary Norsted
North American Wilderness
Recovery
Northern Environmental
Support Trust
Northern Tier High Adventure
Northview Athletic Department
The Northwest Passage
Art Norton and Karen Noyle
Dan and Maryanne Norton
John Norton III
John Norton
David H Norton
Bruce L Norton
David Novak
Tony and Darlene Nowak
Teresa and William Nye
Nystrom Inc
David Oatman
Elizabeth and Donald Oberdorfer
Terry and Katherine Oberhardt
John and Miriam Odegard
Richard Oden
David Odland
Eric Odor
Office Products Marketing
& Advertising, Inc.
Robert Ogdahl
James and Rachel Ogilvie, Jr.
Brian Ogren
Rick and Jane O'Hara
Brian and Bonnie Ohm
Carl Ohrn and Peggy Reichert
Martha C Oie
Richard Ojakangas
Richardson Okie
Jesse S Okie
David and Janet Olfe
Marliee and Brian Olin
Steve Olinger
James Oliver
Maria Olivera
Eugene and Julie Ollila
Michael O'Loughlin
Brian and Christa Olsen
Margaret and Gordon Olsen
Rick and Susy Olsen
Edward Olsen
Joseph Olsen
Gary Olsen
Carole Olsen
Judy Olsen
Janet Olsen Stone and
Hunter Olsen
Eric and Heidemarie Olson
Kevin Olson and Ulrike Luderer
Randy and Kris Olson
Todd and Andrea Olson
Ronald L Olson
Shannon Olson
Wendy Olson
James Olson
A R Olson
David C Olson
Patricia Olson
Matt Olsson
Tom O'Neal
Wendy and Patrick O'Neil
Denis ONeill
Amy Oppenheimer
Hillary Oppmann and
Andy Holdsworth
Dennis and Turid Ormseth
Janis O'Rourke
Pam Osborn
Dogsledding in the BWCAW. Photo courtesy Caron Gibson
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Margaret Osha
Linda Oster
Steve Osthus
Carl Ostling
David Otterness
Marcy Otypka
Richard and Christine Ouren
Outdoor Education
Kent and Debra Overbey
Dr. and Mrs. Richard R. Owen
Tony Owens M.D.
Oxford Bank
Peter S Paine Jr.
Elanne N Palcich
Timothy Palk-Nicely MD
Parker and Sharon Palmer
Louis and Pamela Palmersten
Ruth and Jonathan Paradise
Charles Parish
Doug and Nancy Parker
Kristen Parr and Rick Neal
Mark Parr
Derrick and Cheryl Passe
Mr. and Mrs. Eric S. Pasternack
Patagonia
Philip Paterson
Tom and Sally Patterson
Todd Patterson
Robert and Penny Paulsberg
Martin and Rosemary Paulsen
Theodore Paulsen
Elaine J Paulsen
Steven Paulson
Marianna Paulson
PAV Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Vjekoslave Pavelic
Ben and Sandy Pawlak
Ray Payne
Rev and Rev Charles Payson
David Peacock and Jodelle
L. Bentley
Steve Peacock
Jeffrey and Ellen Pearson
Stephen and Cheryl Pearson
Gary L Pearson
David W Pearson
John and Linda Peck
Neal Peck
Nancy L Pedersen
Diane Pederson
Nancy Peltola and Steve Henke
John and Terri Penshorn
Barbara and Felix Perry
Colleen Person
Kenneth Petersen
James and Beverly Peterson
Lawrence and Ruth Peterson
Mark and Mary Peterson
Rudolph and Katherine Peterson
Mel L Peterson
Gordy Peterson
Phillip M Peterson
Steve Peterson
Brian R Peterson
Mara Peterson
Alan V Peterson
Dean Peterson
Douglas Peterson
Sheryl Pethers
Ed and Patricia Petrick
Stephen Pett
Todd Petzel and Kate Dressel
Ruth Pfaller
Anne Pfankuch
Lee Pfannmuller and Gary Seim
Bob Pflughoeft and Kathy Seifert
Opal Phee
David and Ellen Phelps
Richard and Elaine Phillips
Sherry Phillips and Paul Tine
Linda Picone
David and Jane Piepgras
Howard and Lorraine Pierce
Steve Pierson
James Pierson
Tim Pierzina
V.S. Piikkila D.D.S.
Philip and Marilyn Pikaart
Tom Pilger
Barbara Pilling
Dan Pitsch
Karen Pitts Foster
Tom Plocher
James E Plocienik
Jeff Ploen
Donn Poll
Fred Pongratz
Albert and Dorothy Pooler
Craig Poorker
Ralph and Loralee Popehn
Phil Popehn
Truman and Noelyn Porter
Charles A Pospisil
Zinon C. & Mary Possis Fund of
the Mpls Fdtn
Wayne and Virginia Potratz
Randall Pottebum
John and Sandra Potter
Anne Poulter
Robert and Colleen Powell
Roger and Consie Powell
Robert Powell
Catherine Powell
John Powers
Doug Powless
Steve G. Pratt and Lisa B. Genis
Walter and Harriet Pratt
Richard C Pratt
Pat Pratt
Tim Preiner
Terese Preston
Ralph Pribble and Jill Oliveri
Dan M Prince
Jean Probst
Keith Prussing
Chris Psotka
Harry and Elizabeth Puckett
Paul Pukite
Jerry and Mary Pults
Susan and Court Queen
The Quetico Foundation
Kay Quinn
Christopher Quinn
Susan Quist and Dale Hulme
Michael and Carole Raap
Diane and Gerald Rabe
Nancy and Charles Rader
Mark Raderstorf and Linda
Armstrong
James Radosevich PhD
Cyrus Rafii
Ken Rafowitz
Barbara Rakozy
Linda Ramsden
Thomas Randgaard
Jerry Rangaard
Ed Ranson
Ralph Rapson
Ethel E Rasmusson
Jim Rataczak
The Rathmann Family Foundation
Dean and Carol Raths
Dean Rau M.D.
Diana and Bruce Rauner
Raven Productions
Gordon and Ruth Reabe
Steven M Readinger
Harry Readinger MD
Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc
J. G Reddan
Joan Redmann
Tim M Redmann
Karolyn M Redoutey
Michael Reeb
Del and Betsy Reed
Tom Reed
Ruth E Reeve
Hilary Reeves
Richard S Reeves
Mary and Red Rehwaldt
David Reichert and Jeanne
Thoreson
Molly and John Reichert
Madonna Reichmuth
Norman and Elizabeth Reid
Nancy Reise
Jon and Karen Reising
Carl Remick Jr.
Michael M Remson
Paul Renneisen
Residential Designer,Inc.
Carol Rettig
Betti and Bruce Reuther
Todd Rhoades and Therese
G. Cermak
Marietta and Stephen Rice
Mary and Ken Richards
Eric Richards
Greg Richardson and
Jennifer Packer
Tom Richardson and Barbara
Eychaner
Kent Richardson
David and Kristin Richmond
Michael and Ivy Richmond
Bill Richner
Stuart Richter
Claude and Laurel Riedel
James P Ries
Michael Rigney Jr.
Patrick Riley, PHD and Natalie
Roholt, MD
Russell and Katherine Rill
Steve Ring and Molly Redmond
Kathleen and Tom Riopelle
Timothy J Rittenberry
Roger A Ritzman
Rivkin Philanthropic Fund of the
Jewish Fed of Metro Chicago
Steven Rivkin
Joan Robare
Nick Roberto
Keith and Sandra Roberts
Sara L Roberts
Marisa Roberts
George and Shirley Robertson
Gwyneth H Rochlin
Rock Bend Shooting Club
Walter and Jodell Rockenstein, II
Dr. and Mrs. Rockswold
Winthrop Rockwell and Binky
Wood
Rick Roder
Keith Rodli and Katherine Grant
The Rodman Foundation
Roehl Foundation Inc
Reed Roesler
Dan Rogalla
Erik Rogers and Nicole Henry
Fred Rogers and Jenny Hartley
Joseph Roggenbuck
John Rogner and Sue Elston
Robert and Joan Rohlf
Andrew Rolfe
Kurt C Rolle
Bill and Barbara Rom
Rebecca Rom and Reid Carron
Charlotte Romain
Jeff and Sharon Rome
Eugene Rondeau
Earl Rook
Phyllis Root
Wilbur B Root
Dennis Roscetti
Kimberly and Keith Rosdahl
Gary Rose
Gerald Rosen and Martha Brand
Max and Betty Rosenbaum
John Rosenberger
Amos Rosenbloom and Marsha
McDonald
Jody Rosenbloom and Joel
Kaminsky
Noah S Rosenbloom
Steve and Jeanne Rosengren
Pam and Robby Rosenman
Charles and Kathleen Rosenow
Mike Rosenthal
Susan Rosenthal Kraus and
Leslie Kraus
Patricia Ross
Susan Rossbach
John and Julie Roth
Roy and Janice Roth
Robert A Roth
Robert A Rouse
Nathaniel H Rowe
Terry and Paulette Royt
Susan and Richard Ruach
Helen M Rudie
Tony Rudolph
Donald Rudrud
Ted Rueff
Sandy and Jim Rummel
Bill and Judy Rummler
Brent Rundquist
Mike and Barbara Runyon
Kurt Runzheimer
John Rusin
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Russell
Faith Russell
Vernon and Marilyn Ruttan
Thomas and Eve Rutter
Ryan Companies US, Inc.
Ed and Jenni Ryan
Dennis Ryan
Michael Ryan
Wade Rylander
Mona J Rynearson
Soltreks, Inc.
Judy Saeger
Chuck Safris
Bradley and Teresa Sagen
Eli Sagor
Mike Salinas
Ben Salter
Joan and Gregory Sammarco
Carolyn J Sampson and
Kathleen A Connelly
Harland Samson
Brigitte H Sandager
David and Mary Sandberg
C H Sandgren
Dr. Burton and Florence Sandok
Jim and Rita Sanner
Sansar Capital Management LLC
Dick Sarafolean
Daniel E Sather
William and Susan Saucier, MD
Bill and Duffy Sauer
Sawbill Canoe Outfitters Inc.
Charlie Sawyer
Jared Scarborough
Debra Schaefer and Eric Wieland
Scott and Kathleen Schaefers
Jack Schaffer
Philip Schaffner
Carleton Schaller Jr.
Tom and Anne Schapman
Patrick Scharinger
James A Scharr
Jim Schatz
Bill Scheela
Thomas Schellberg
Carla Schils
Steven Schleicher
Rick Schlicher
Lisa Schlingerman
Jason and Anne Schlukebier
Darrell and Nancy Schmidt
Michael Schmidt
Barbara L Schmidt
Dan and Barbara Schmiechen
Paul Schmiechen and Sue Fager
Betsy and Sumner Schmiesing
Peter and Barb Schmitt
Joy Schochet and Jonathan Green
Mark Scholer and Connie
Sandmann
Jay Scholtus
Rich Schons
Herbert and Barbara Schoon
Ced and Janet Schrankler
Ken and Linda Schreiber
John Schrock and Mary Berube
Clifford E Schroeder
Val Schroeder
Kenneth Schroeder
John and Lynn Schubert
David Schuettler and Maureen
Maloney
Randy Schukar and Karen Lemke
David Schuldt
Richard W Schuler
Don Schultenover
Wesley Schultz
Julie Schumacher and Lawrence
Jacobs
BWCAW is one of four key protected areas in the international
Quetico-Superior Ecosystem that includes the BWCAW,
Voyageurs National Park, Ontario’s Quetico Provincial Park,
and Ontario’s LaVerendrye Provincial Park. This ecosystem
stretches over 2,500,000 acres in size, creating an international
wilderness of immense biological, recreational, and intrinsic
value to both the United States and Canada. The combined
protected area between the BWCAW, Voyageurs, Quetico and
LaVerendrye is 3,859 square miles – an area larger than
Yellowstone National Park.
Jim and Deb Schumaker
Dara Schur and Miye Goishi
Mathilda V Schwalbach
Brad and Amy Schwartz
Hollis and Pat Schwartz
Kathy Schwarz
Fritzki K Sciaky
Charles and Kathryn Scott
Daniel and Anne Scott
Perry and Lisa Scott
Walter and Rachel Scott
Carolyn Scott
Judith and James Scoville
Lisa Scribner and Dean Doering
Buddy Scroggins
Dana Sears
Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Sechter
Barry Sedgwick
Maija Sedzielarz
Ralph W Seeley
Milton Seifert Jr.
Jill Seiler
Priscilla Seimer
James Seitz
John A. Sekula and Patricia Coccia
Terry and Joyce Seldomridge
Tom and Liz Sellars
Irene R Serr
Charles B Sethness
Amber Setter
Edgar and Lois Seward
Patrick Sexton and Jane Stern
Lee Shafer
Bonnie Shallbetter
Jane Shallow
Stephen Shaner
Bob Sharp
John F Shasky
Kathryn Shaw and Larry LaBonte
Dave Sheffield
Ned Shepard
Mary D Shepherd
James Wylie Shepherd
Carole Shepherd
Cathy Sherin
Earl and Barbara Sherman
Phyllis and Roger Sherman
David Sherrill
Anne Sherve-Ose
Sam Shine Foundation Inc
Glen and Marlys Shirley
John S Shonyo
Sheila Shortly
Kristin and Peter Shulman
Paul Shuman
Steven A Sicheneder
Harry Siegel and Mindy
Salzberg-Siegel
Cory and Laurel Siffring
Carl Sigel
Steve Sikora and Lynette
Erickson-Sikora
Lois A Siler
Dave and Pat Siljenberg
Ellen Silva and Wilson Gibbins
Bill Silverman
Jeff Simon
Dale A Simonson Sr.
Craig Sinard
John H Sinclair
John Sinclair Myhre
Susan Singer
Marcy Singer-Gabella and
Bill Gabella
Steve and Anne Sinner
Erika and Paul Sitz
Walter R Sitz
Dimitri G Sivanich
Keith and Nancy Sjoquist
Will Skelton
Mark A Skelton
Margo Skinner
Larry J Sklaney
Robert Skogen
Paul Skoglund
Rick Skoog
Todd Skotterud
Ray Skowyra and Marianne Short
Lawrence and Judy Skupien
Joe Skvara
Harold Slocum and Donna Payne
C B Slocum
Laurie Slomkowski
Bruce Slover
Emily Slowinski
Patricia Smaby
Richard Smaby
Eugene Smallman
Barbara Smith and Craig Gordon
Charles and Linda Smith, D.D.S.
David and Stacey Smith
Irmeli and Franklin Smith
Janet and Michael Smith
Kate and Daniel Smith
Kathy and Brett Smith
Lawrence and Diane Smith
Mike and Janice Smith
Paul and Alberta Smith
Perry and Laurie Smith
William and Nancy Smith
Thomas H Smith
James E Smith
Stanley Smith
Kirby Smith
Amy Smith
Daniel J Smith
Sandi W Smith
Jerry and Amy Smithers
Robert and Marianne Smythe
Robert R Snediker
Larry Snow
Paul Snyder and Robert Payne
Stephen and Cynthia Snyder
Marion Snyder
Susan Sochacki
Jeff Soderstrom
Eric Sollien
Travis Sonsalla
Joan Sorenson
Scott Sorenson
Sylvia B Soucheray
Spancrete Group, Inc.
John Spangler
Jane Sparkman
Jane Spence
Ray Spencer and Susan Lucas
Steve Speth
Bruce and Donna Spicer
Paul and Diana Stadem
Galen Stahle
Herb and Cindy Stahnke
Lloyd and Margaret Stallkamp
Vicki Stamper and Doug
Shinneman
Mark Stange
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stanke
Lynne Stanley and Christopher
Elliott
Holthues Trust
Charles G Staples
Ronald and Sandra Starkey
Michael and Jennifer Stattelman
Paul and Jill Staubitz
Clyde E Stauffer
Donald Stearns
William and Carol Steele
Daniel Steen
Tyrone Steen
Preston Steen
Joseph H Steffen
Ken Steffke
Seth Stein
Rick Stein
Jane Stein Kerr
Kathryn Steinberger
Susan Steiner
Rebecca Steiner
Jim and Phyllis Stelson
Randy and Joyce Stenback
John S Stephens
Jonathan Stephens
David and Mary Elizabeth Stern
Walter and Betsy Stern
William and Ann Stern
Bob and Cathy Stevens
Charles and Dorothy Stevens
Robert and Julie Stewart
Mark I Stewart
David Stiger
Norton Stillman
Mary Stilwell
Jonathan A Stimes
Tom and Christine Stoa
Maureen Stoen
Sarah Stoesz and David Foster
Allen and Ann Stolee
Rich Stolp
Chuck and Danielle Stone
Margaret and Larry Stone
Stonehouse Pictures/Film
George Stoops
Sarah Stowers
Roger Strand
Gary and Barbara Strandemo
Mary Ellen Straughn
Mark and Joan Strobel
Randy Strobel and Joan Furlong
Elizabeth Strohmayer
Al Stromberg
Gary Stromley
Sarah and Jon Strommen
Michael and Jodi Strong
George Strother, IV and
Mary Benes
Steven R Struss
Barbara Stuhler
Eugene and Catheryn Sturgeon
John and Bonnie Sturtz
Elizabeth Styrvoky MD
Ann Sudoh
Mark and Betty Sugden
Nancy Sugden and Robert
Newbery
John and Elizabeth Sullivan
Mackenzie Sullivan
Mary Sullivan-Rickey
Michel Sultan
John Sulzbach
Mary Sumners
Tim and Carolyn Sundquist
David Sundstedt
Tom Sutherland
Steven Sutherland
Barton Sutter
Tyler Sutton
Karen O Svien
Edward Swain and Mary Keirstead
Judy Swanson
Donald J Swanson
Glen Swanson
Richard Swanson
Jim Sweeney
Jeff Swegarden
Barb Symalla
Daniel and Sandra Szymanski
T. Rowe Price Associates
Foundation, Inc.
TCF Foundation Employee
Matching Gift Program
Mark Tade
Take 2 Inc. of Minnesota
Dan and Erika Tallman
Bruce Tammen
Morgan and Marilyn Tamsky
Robert E Tank
William P Tarbell
Pat and Eileen Taylor
Marc Taylor
Melissa Taylor
Jo and Margaret Teague
Art Techlow III
Michael Tegeder
Jeff and Jane Tegeler
Rick Teichler
Robert and Marjorie Templeton
Sara and Frank Templin
Walter Templin
Mark TenEyck and LaRaye
Osborne
Jeff Tengwall
Maria and John Teselle
Diane C Tessari
Chris Tews
Stephen Thackrey
John A Thalacker
Craig and Marcia Thelander
Ned Therrien
Richard Thom
Mike Thomas
John A Thomas
Grant Thomas
Steve Thomas
Robert Thomas
Paul Thomasson
Mary and Tom Thompson
Rolf Thompson and Carol
Jacobson
William B Thompson
Darrel Thompson
Kelly Thompson
Nancy Thomson
Deborah Thorne and Jerry Esrig
Frank and Nina Terry Thorp
Steve and Elaine Thrune
Lloyd and Ingrid Thyen
Thomas and Paula Tierney
Check and Cindy Tiffany
Jennifer Timmers and Kurt
Indermaur
Ethel and Tom Tincher
Jean Tingwald
Diane and Gary Titusdahl
Rod Tolley
Tompkins Charitable Gift Fund
Thomas and Patricia Tommet
Katherine and Peter Tomsich
Tu Tong
John Tonsager
Lyndon Torstenson
Richard Towner
Helen Towner
DeWayne Townsend
Helen Trainor
Judy Trousdell
Todd Truby
Gary and Geri Trummel
Tom Turner
Matt Turner
Evelyn Tyner
The UPS Foundation
U.S. Bancorp Foundation
Jim and Marianne Ude
Elizabeth Uihlein
Franz Ulrich and Lisa Bormann
Rolf Ulvestad
Thomas Umhoefer
Bill Underwood
UnitedHealth Group
Chuck Upcraft
Gwen Updegraff
Roger Urban
Edwin J Urban Jr
Lowell Urban
Mark Uscian
Thomas M Uttech
Kirk Vadnais
Michele Vaillancourt
Janet Valentine
Richard and Linda Valiga
David and Jennifer Van den Berg
Richard Van Deusen
Gary A Van Erp
Chris Van Meter
Liz Vanden Heuvel
Egerton and Anne Vandenberg
Derek and Rachael Vander Heide
Mary and Michael Vanderford
Bill and Kathleen Vanderwall
Doug Vanvalkenburg
Theresa and David Vanveelan
Patrick Vaughan
John Vegter
Kurt Vento
Richard and Catherine Vernam, Jr.
Caroline Vernon & Bruce
Holcomb
Keith Verthein
Harold Vestermark
Karen Vickberg
Marilyn Vickers
Herman Viegas
Barbara Vlaming
Walter L Vogl
Stephen Voie
Cheryl Volkman
Thomas Vollbrecht
Bruz and Ann Vollmar
Joanne and Phil Von Blon
Ted and Swanny Voneida
Mark Voorhees
Steve Vopat
Jeanine Vorland
Gerald R Vukman DVM
WM Foundation
Mary and Don Wagner
Deb Wagner
William and Grace Wagnild
Les Wajda
Mark D Waldoch
David Waldschmidt
Richard D Walker
Don and Kay Wall
Piper Wall
Doug Wallace and Peggy Hunter
Herschel and Gale Wallace
Daniel Wallace
Craig Wallace
Wallbridge America Limited
Roger and Judy Wallenstein
Kelly K Wallin
Will Walling
Patricia Walter
Fay E Walther
Jorgiann Waltner
Karen Walton
Victoria Wang
Thomas and Shelli Wappes
Susan and R.W. Ward
Everett L Ward
Edward Ward
Bruce and Susan Warden
Shawn Warnemunde
Barbara Warner
LynnnAnne Warren
Jostens Foundation
Robert and Linda Watson
Wendy Watson
John Wauer
Roger and Kathy Weaver
Shipp Webb
Scott Webb
David and Joan Weber
Libby and Rolf Weberg
Gary and Karen Webster
Jerome Webster
Gilbert Wedekind
JoAnn Wedin
Mr and Mrs Vernon Wedow
Newell and Joan Weed
Tom and Kate Weed
Wever and Kathy Weed
Kris Wegerson and John Ipsen
Sven Wehrwein
Paul Weidenhamer
Edward and Marjorie Weidner
Dick and Mary Jean Weigel
Larry and Joyce Weiner
Stock and Chris Weinstock-Collins
Lisa L Weisensel
David and Gloria Weiss, D.D.S.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weiss
William and Shirley Weiss, Jr.
Fred W Weitz
Karen Weium and Dave Barnard
Joan and Ron Welch
Chris Weller and John Thoni
James Wellman
Kenneth L Wellman
Richard and Gayle Wells
Mike Welp and Kim Marshall
Buster West
Steve West
Alice West
Scott B West
Douglas Westby
Doug Westfall
Phillip L Westine
David Wheaton and Michele
Moylan
John and Kelly Wheaton
Sean Wherley
The White Door Publishing Co
Lornie White
Alan L White
Bryan Whitehead
Bill and Kay Whitmore
Marcia and Robert Whitmore
Ted Whitney
Charles Wick
Dr. and Mrs. L. J. Wickerham
David and Beverly Wickstrom
Charles and Anne Wiebe
Pearle M Wiechmann
Harold Wiegner
Craig and Melissa Wiklund
Stephen Wilbers
Paul Wilbur
Thomas Wilbur
Steve Wilcox
The Wilderness Land Trust
The Wilderness Society
Bob Wilhelm
David Wilhelms
Dorothy and James Wilhite
Dan Wilkening
Gay Wilker and Ann Bergstrom
Frank and Frances Wilkinson
Norma L Will
Claudine Will
David and Nancy Willetts
Williams Family Foundation
Jack and Peggy Williams
Donald L Williams MD
Roberta Williams
Phillip Williams
Robert C Williams
Robert Williamson
Jeffrey and Sally Willius
James Willoughby
Jennifer Wilson and Jeffrey Stites
Richard C Wilson
Patricia Wilson
Bernard H Wilson
Charles Wilson
Cathy L Wilson
Jenny Wilson
Jimmy Wilson Films
Richard Winandy
John W Windhorst
Ruth Wingeier and John F. King
Nathan Winkelman and Deborah
Bryant
James Winn
Paul Winslow
Frederick and Eleanor Winston
Richard S Winston
Edward J Winter
John and Barbara Winters
Loren Winters
Jerold Winzenz
Mike and Jane Wipf
Mark and Karen Wise
FRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS WILDERNESS • WINTER 2007 • 2005 - 2006 ANNUAL REPORT
Julie Wissinger
Ralph Wittcoff
Rick Wittwer
Eric Witzig
Wanda and John Wochos
Robert and Ellen Wojciechowski
James E Wojcik
Laura Wolf and Bruce
Hendrickson
Stephen and Barbara Wolf
Bob Wolf
Ben and Barry Wolfe
Ralph and Gretka Wolfe
Barbara Wolfe
Ron Wolff
Susan Wolff
Frank Wolfinger
Timothy Wolter and Laura Kasdorf
Edward W Wood Jr.
Dale Woodbeck
Robert Woodley
Jane Woods
John and Lynda Woodson
Fred J Wooley
Doug Wooster
Teresa Workman
Patti Workman
Richard Worm
Sandy and Rich Worthing
Rod Woten
Donald and Leona Wray
Dr Wayne and Susan Wright
Greg and Jeanne Wright
Hacy and Joyce Wright
Helen and Arthur Wright
Herb E. Wright and Brigitta
Ammann
Frank I Wright
Kenneth L Wuertz
Angus Wurtele
Robert Wussler
Bryan and Lisa Wyberg
Kenneth and Sharon Wyberg
Dennis and Jan Wyckoff
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin J. Wycoff
Jeanne-Marie Wyld
Dee and Don Wylie
Michael and Carol Wylie
Ann Wynia
Don Yaeger
Stephen Yahn
Duane Yockey
Perry and Elizabeth Yoder
Reg and Roberta Yoder
Steve and Mary York
William Yost
Mark and Christine Young
David Young
Barb Young
Noah Youngs
Thomas Yurista M.D.
Paul and Mary Zaander
Robert Zahn
John Zakelj
Charles L Zalk
David Zarkower
Larry and Marguerite Zelenz
Karen Zeleznak and
James Fournier
Michael and Kari Zelinskas
Lisa Zeller
S.L. Zenian
Jack Zeta
John and Marilyn Ziegler
NancyZiegler
David M Ziegler
Laura and Reid Zimmerman
Sheralyn and Michael Zlonis
Charlie Zwisler
Memorials:
Thomas Flint
Grace Goei
Daniel Nagy
Paul Ramsey
George Robertson
and many others in honor
of friends & family
Every effort was made to
ensure the accuracy of our
records. Please contact us
if this list contains errors
or omissions so that we
may extend our apologies
and correct our records.
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Friends Honor Bill and Barbara Rom Story continued from page 1.
As the Friends begins its fourth decade of stewardship for the
Quetico Provincial Park, many of them beset by novice's mistakes, all
Boundary Waters, the wilderness faces challenges unimagined when it
of them memorable. Through his humor emerged the theme that
was designated. Non-native species invade its lands and waters at an
wilderness preservation, clean water and air, solitude, silence, and intact
alarming – and increasing – rate. Global warming threatens to change
habitat are, at their heart, non-partisan and family values.
the face of the north woods. Air and water pollution, some from distant
Before the dinner, the Friends held its annual business meeting. An
sources, some from nearby, could
overflow crowd heard presentations
mar horizons and diminish water
by Jim Sanders, Superior National
quality. Private development is fragForest Supervisor; Robin Reilly,
menting surrounding lands.
Quetico Provincial Park SuperinWilderness, though, is a thing of
tendent; and Lee Frelich, Director
perpetuity if we are smart, energetic
of the University of Minnesota’s
and committed enough to keep it so.
Center for Hardwood Ecology.
Sigurd Olson often ended his dinner
The three discussed the state of
grace with these words: “…and
the Superior National Forest,
– Sigurd Olson
thank you, Lord, for the opportunity
the BWCAW and the Quetico,
to work for something greater than
and the importance of building
ourselves!”
cross-boundary and other partnerIt is in the spirit of working for
ships to find solutions to challenges
something greater than ourselves
such as non-native invasive species,
that veterans like Bill and Barbara Rom, and so many, many others,
increased visitor use, and global warming.
have fought to protect our country and our wilderness. The Friends
And so, for 2007 and beyond, our mission – to protect, preserve
owes its continued success and its hope for the future to their legacy.
and restore the wilderness character of the Boundary Waters Canoe
Also enlivening the evening was Minnesota comedian and political
Area Wilderness and the Quetico-Superior ecosystem – remains firm.
activist, Al Franken, who donated his time for the event. Franken spoke
We are grateful to veterans of many varieties for the opportunity to
of his own early trips into the Boundary Waters and the neighboring
continue to work for something greater than ourselves.
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“Thank you, Lord,
for the opportunity to work for
something greater than ourselves!”
Staff:
Caron Gibson - Finance and Administration Director
Cathy Jacobson - Interim Executive Director
Darrell Knuffke - Interim Policy Director
Randolph Tatum - Development Director
Wever Weed - Communications Director
Board of Directors:
Scott Anderegg
Paul Aslanian - Treasurer
Jeff Evans - Secretary
Pete Jung
Lynn MacLean
Jon Nelson
Mary Probst
Carolyn J. Sampson - Chair
Betsy Schmiesing - Vice Chair
Kris Wegerson
Honorary Board Members:
Richard Flint
Herb Johnson
Becky Rom
Advisory Council:
Lee Frelich
Minnesota Environmental Fund
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