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Friends Offers Advocacy Fellowship

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

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The advocacy group Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness is offering a new fellowship named after the late canoe outfitter and wilderness advocate Bill Rom.

Volunteers Needed for Voyageurs Event

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

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Voyageurs National Park is seeking participants for a two-day event September 9 and 10 to help Minnesota’s only National Park with conservation and maintenance work called the Volunteer Rendezvous.

Volunteers Sought for Voyageurs’ Project

Friday, May 27, 2011

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Voyageurs National Park Association is seeking participants for its 5th Annual Volunteer Rendezvous in September at Voyageurs National Park.

Workshop to Explore Commerce, Nature

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

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An international workshop hosted by the Heart of the Continent Partnership will explore the balance between commerce and nature at the organization’s International Communities Conference this fall.

It’s Gunflint Green Up Time Again!

Thursday, April 7, 2011

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It’s Gunflint Green Up Time Again!

Help restore the Ham Lake Fire Area to a cedar, white, red, and jack pine forest. Join together with Gunflint Trail community members to plant tree seedlings and help rejuvenate this great place.

Voyageurs Association Earns Presidential Award

Thursday, March 24, 2011

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The Voyageurs National Park Association was recently awarded a 2010 President’s Volunteer Service Award, a national award recognizing volunteer service by groups, families, and individuals in their communities.

Initiative Focuses on Voyageur Legacy

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

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A tourism initiative for the landscape between Thunder Bay, Ontario and Winnipeg, Manitoba plans to use the area’s legacy as the route of the voyageurs to draw tourists.

Meeting to Connect Communities, Land

Thursday, February 10, 2011

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Finding new ways to connect local communities to the public lands near them is the thrust of an upcoming meeting of the Heart of the Continent Partnership scheduled for February 24-25 in Eveleth.

Heart of the Continent Seeks Communities

Thursday, October 21, 2010

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The Heart of the Continent Partnership, an association of land managers, researchers, government officials, and local stakeholders, is seeking to add representatives of the region’s communities to its collaborative effort.

Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

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Last spring, the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness welcomed new director Paul Danicic. Paul recently shared his thoughts on the state of the wilderness and the Friends’ role in protecting it with Wilderness News contributor Alissa Johnson. Originally published in part in the Summer 2009 issue of Wilderness News, read the full interview here.

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