Quetico Superior Foundation

Hot Topics & Areas of Concern:

Spring 2008
Namakan Dam Update
As environmental assessment continues on two dams proposed for the Namakan River west of Quetico Provincial Park, an area conservation group is now publicly opposing the project. The Rainy Lake Conservancy, which had previously taken a neutral position regarding Ojibway Power and Energy Group’s plans to build dams at Hay Rapids and High Falls, is now against construction. READ MORE >

Summer 2007
Bringing Back the White Pine
The White Pine Initiative to restore the white pine tree to healthy and sustainable populations in the Quetico Superior region got off to a fast start in May. Before the ground had cooled from the Ham Lake fire, the Foundation had purchased 6,000 seedling trees and donated them to the Gunflint Trail Scenic Byway Committee for planting by volunteers over the Memorial Day weekend. READ MORE >

Summer 2007
Echo Trail Lawsuit
As often happens with such matters, the U.S. Forest Service’s Echo Trail Area Forest Management Project finds itself before a judge. READ MORE >

Spring 2007
Hydro-electric Projects Planned on the Namakan River
Three planned hydro-electric projects on the Namakan River in Ontario show that the book on dams in the area didn’t close with the last pages of R. Newell Searle’s Saving Quetico Superior:
A Land Set Apart. READ MORE >

Fall-Winter 2006
Securing the Wilderness Border
The Boundary Waters. The Border Route. Those dividing “B” words have long been embedded in the names used to describe the Quetico-Superior region. The notion, however, that a modern-day international divide cuts through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Quetico Provincial Park usually fades into the remoteness of the place. READ MORE >

Fall-Winter 2005
Northern Minnesota Prepares for a New Era in Mining
Three new mining projects inside and adjacent to the Superior National Forest signal a new era in northern Minnesota mining. In a region known world-wide for its iron ore, three companies believe they have found significant sources of copper and nickel as well as a constellation of valuable metals known collectively as the platinum group. READ MORE >