Why CWCS continues to be vigilant

[BDub]

Here's a bit of info as to why CWCS continues to be vigilant.


Why CWCS continues to fight… “(We will) embark on a 10 year campaign to get every single motor out of the Boundary Waters.” – Friends of the Boundary Waters lawyer, Brian O’Neill, quoted in May 20, 1998 Star Tribune

The Friends of the Boundary Waters have proposed 90,000 acres for new wilderness including the following units.

CWCS opposes any more designation of wilderness, especially in Northeastern Minnesota.
 
Our country has a backlog of unhealthy forests, including the Boundary Waters with 500,000 acres of downed trees from the 1999 Blowdown.  ‘Hands off’ management that bans logging and other land management tools raises the risk of wildfires.  CWCS opposes more restrictions of Common Sense public land management & multiple use recreation!

Let your Senators and Congressmen know – Enough is enough!  (Addresses available at www.cwcs.org)

The Friends proposals:
Units adjacent to the BWCAW
Agassa Lake – 2,356 acres (north of Ely, southeast of Big Lake)
Baldpate Lake – 1,625 acres (north of Ely, northeast of Big Lake, bordering the Echo Trail)
Big Lake/Portage River – 1,194 acres (northeast of Ely, northwest of Big Lake, bordering the Echo Trail)
Brule Mountain – 1,650 acres (north of Grand Marais, northeast of Two Island Lake)
Cucumber Lake – 4,770 acres (between the Gunflint Trail & Greenwood Lake)
Eagle Mountain – 4,400 acres (northwest of Grand Marais, north of Road 153 between Tomash & Two Island Lakes)
East Otter Lake – 556 acres (north of the Gunflint Trail, between Birch & Moss Lakes)
Echo River – 3,900 acres (running west & south of Crane Lake along Echo River to just west of Echo Lake)
Gunflint Lake SE – 1,300 acres (southeast end of Gunflint Lake, north of Loon & Crap Lakes)
Homer Lake – 5,687 acres (north of Lutsen, south of Brule Lake to Road 153, west of Cascade Lake)
Lake Jeanette – 1,933 acres (east of Buyck, north of Jeanette Lake)
Lima Mountain – 2,540 acres (north of Grand Marais, west along Rd 315 near Expressway Snowmobile Trail to Rd 325)
Magnetic Lake – 1,133 acres (west of Gunflint Lake, southwest of Magnetic Lake to the Gunflint trail)
Meander Lake – 1,560 acres (north of the Echo Trail & Meander Lake)
Mine Lake – 1,209 acres (southwest of the Gunflint Trail & Magnetic Rock)
North Arm, Burntside – 3,243 acres (north of Ely, remaining portion along North Arm of Burntside Lake, west of Camp du Nord & northwest of West Arm of Burntside Lake)
Urho Creek – 5,013 acres (north of Tower and northeast of Trout Lake, south of the Echo Trail)
Willow Creek – 1,360 acres (north of Lutsen, north of Hwy 153 and Crescent & Bouder Lakes)
Wolf Lake – 2,920 acres (north of Lake Vermilion proper, between Wolf Bay & Trout Lake)

Units separate from the BWCAW
CabinCreek – 8,360 acres (east of Isabella, northeast of Finland & west of Schroeder, just west of Crooked & Nine Mile Lakes and along Hwy 7)
Hog Lake – 7,369 acres (north of Schroeder, east of Hwy 7 and west of the Sawbill Trail)
Mississippi Creek – 5,670 acres (north of Lutsen, along Hwy 4 to the west, Hwy 153 to the north and the Mississippi Creek to the south)
Picket Lake – 5,280 acres (south east of Buyck, east of the Vermilion River, near Little Alfie)
Seven Beavers – 14,200 acres (east of Hoyt Lakes, northeast of Fairbanks, east of the North Shore Mining railroad)

“Conservation is the wise use of our resources”
– Gifford Pinchot, 1st Chief of USFS, 1907

[jigglestick]

thanks for the info Bdub  :)

[Bufflehead]

WOW!!! thats alot of land they want tied up out of reach of 99% of all sportsman/women-Minnesotans.

 A person don't have to wonder why our outdoor Org. have their hands full 24/7 trying to keep what little access we have left open.

 Thanks bdub for the eye opener..Bufflehead