The Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters is leading the fight to protect this Wilderness.
Our leadership has decades of experience defending the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and greater Quetico-Superior Ecosystem, which includes the Superior National Forest, Voyageurs National Park, and Canada’s Quetico Provincial park. Following in the footsteps of Sigurd Olson, Bud Heinselman, Ernest Oberholtzer, and many more, our movement of fierce Wilderness advocates have been protecting the Quetico Superior region for over 120 years.
The Boundary Waters is America's most visited Wilderness.
The Boundary Waters is canoe country. It is the largest Wilderness east of the Rockies and north of the Everglades. Along with the Superior National Forest, it contains 20% of all the freshwater in the entire National Forest System.
Proposed sulfide-ore copper mining threatens these waters and forests.
A copper mine in the Boundary Waters watershed will pollute the Wilderness for generations to come, causing irreversible harm to water quality, wildlife, public health, and a sustainable outdoor recreation-based economy.
