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Concern for the BWCA shouldn’t stop when you leave the waters. It’s also your responsibility to monitor the ongoing political debate that threatens to open up the area to other interests less suited to a tranquil canoe paddle. You might do this through one of the following organizations:

 An organization that has worked diligently for years to protect and preserve the BWCAW is the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness, 401 North Third Street, Suite 290, Minneapolis, MN 55401, 612-332-9630 or www.friends-bwca.org.

 Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness is a regional grassroots organization that formed in the 1990s to represent people who believe that wilderness is good public policy and is worth defending: PO Box 625, Ely, MN 55731 or www.nmw.org.

 The Izaak Walton League of America has been another long-term supporter of the Boundary Waters. The IWLA began its history of protecting what would later become the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in 1923 when Will Dilg, the League’s first president and founder, passionately opposed a plan to develop the area. Since then, the Izaak Walton League has brought its resources to bear whenever the BWCA has been threatened. For more information, visit www.iwla.org.