Wilderness managers, wilderness scientists, and universities: A partnership to protect wilderness experiences in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

Alan E. Watson; Ann Schwaller; Robert Dvorak; Neal Christensen; William T. Borrie

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Wilderness managers, wilderness scientists, and universities: A partnership to protect wilderness experiences in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

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Authors:

Alan E. Watson, Ann Schwaller, Robert Dvorak, Neal Christensen, William T. Borrie

Year:

2013

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

International Journal of Wilderness. 19(1): 41-42.

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Abstract

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) in northern Minnesota has a rich history of advocacy for protection as wilderness. In the 1950s, Sigurd Olsen best described the song of the wilderness in Minnesota's north country: "I have heard the singing in many places, but I seem to hear it best in the wilderness lake country of the Quetico-Superior, where travel is still by pack and canoe over the ancient trails of the Indians and the voyageurs" (Olson 1956, p. 6).

Keywords

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), wilderness

Citation

Watson, Alan E.; Schwaller, Ann; Dvorak, Robert; Christensen, Neal; Borrie, William T. 2013. Wilderness managers, wilderness scientists, and universities: A partnership to protect wilderness experiences in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. International Journal of Wilderness. 19(1): 41-42.