BOUNDARY WATERS
Outdoors blog: Rocks getting scarce in Boundary Waters?
By Sam Cook , August 31, 2010
Outdoors blog: Photos from a trip in Quetico Provincial Park
By Sam Cook , August 03, 2010
Minnesota canoe businesses see a steady drop in visits
Cathi Williams can see the change in use of the Boundary Waters over the years.
“Definitely, there’s a downturn,” said Williams who has owned Bear Track Outfitting Co. in Grand Marais with her husband, Dave Williams, for 38 years.
By Sam Cook , July 04, 2010
Minn. group: AT&T to hold off on 450-foot tower
MINNEAPOLIS — An environmental group says AT&T Mobility has agreed to halt construction on 450-foot cell phone tower on a ridge just outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.By Associated Press , June 30, 2010
Is canoe country losing its luster?
Camping visits to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness have declined over the past six years, and fewer young people are coming.
By Sam Cook , June 27, 2010
Missing hikers located after night in woods
Although a search had been mounted by 35 experts with two bloodhounds, it was a man and woman out fishing Friday morning who found three hikers missing overnight in the Lake Vermilion area of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
By Lisa Baumann , June 26, 2010
Minn. mayor sentenced for BWCAW violations
DULUTH, Minn. — The mayor of Ely is promising to end his decades of ignoring regulations in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Talk about this topic
By Duluth News Tribuine , May 19, 2010
Outdoors blog: What's the average age of a BWCAW visitor?
By Sam Cook , April 30, 2010
Outdoors blog: We make an early, early canoe-country trip
We just had to go. When are we ever going to get to paddle in the canoe country again on April 9? Three of us -- Steve Piragis of Ely and Doug Smith of Lakeville, Minn. -- paddled in to Knife Lake this past Friday through Sunday, April 9-11. It's by far the earliest any of us has paddled in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness or Quetico Provincial Park. One year, in fact, Piragis and a friend were skiing on Burntside Lake near Ely on May 7.By Sam Cook , April 13, 2010
Outdoors blog: We make an early, early canoe-country trip
By Sam Cook , April 12, 2010
Outdoors blog: Taking what the season will give you
By Sam Cook , March 24, 2010
Outdoors blog: Time now to apply for BWCAW permits
By Sam Cook , December 19, 2009
OUTDOORS ROUNDUP: Cougar sightings close park ... N.D. cougar season on ... Deer, pronghorn seasons ... more
With a cougar possibly on the prowl, Seattle’s largest park remained off-limits to holiday weekend revelers as state wildlife agents tried to trap the elusive animal. On Friday, wildlife agents set a second trap while most people, including runners, picnickers and other nature-lovers, obeyed orders to stay out of the popular tree-filled urban retreat known for its spectacular views of Puget Sound.
By Herald Wire Reports , September 05, 2009
It's good to be back in canoe country
ELY — Bass have brought us here. Smallmouth bass that are likely to be near the shallows, where we can ply them with jigs by day and fly rods by evening. The two of us have come in late May to the canoe country just north of the Canadian border.By Sam Cook , May 29, 2009
OUTDOORS Blog: BWCAW hunt proposal draws opposition
By Sam Cook , March 27, 2009
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