We must also ask ourselves, “Who are we saving the Boundary Waters with?” Because we need to make sure, now and for the future of conservation, that everybody who is invested in and loves this place becomes part of this conservation movement.
We are fortunate to have many wonderful camps and access programs in our region and across the country that provide outdoor experiences for people who might otherwise not have that chance. We enthusiastically connect with those groups, including Outward Bound, Scouts, Y Camps, Big City Mountaineers and others, and work with them to address the sometimes significant barriers that people have to accessing outdoor recreation or going on Boundary Waters trips. Those barriers can be economic, ability, or how welcome and safe they may feel where they’re going.
We partner with these groups in meaningful ways - supporting their programs and participants and connecting them with our advocacy to together build this conservation movement for the future.
In 2023, we supported 11 different trips and projects through our Wilderness Equity Initiative mini-grants program. These ranged from day trips to winter camp retreats to films and podcasts and are connecting people from a variety of backgrounds to the Boundary Waters and our shared mission to protect it.
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