Footage from the Boundary Waters short film: A Northern Light

Dear John,

For me, it’s always been about water. While the rest of the world is awash in concrete and highways, in the Boundary Waters I find myself free as a bird, for there is nowhere on this earth I’d rather be. 

 

Those of us who cherish this Wilderness are called to protect it. Will you make a contribution to Save the Boundary Waters before midnight on December 31? Your donation will be matched.

This is our one and only earth, our one and only home. Well then, what is the value of a wilderness, of an entire ecosystem, of winged creatures, of fish, of trees, of rivers, of lakes? 

 

These last few rare places of incomparable beauty can never be replaced.

 

A knife through the heart of this earth that sets in motion a ticking bomb of toxic pollution throughout this protected wilderness would be misguided, shameful, and irreparably nightmarish. The watershed - and the potential of mine waste, seepage, and spills - flows more than 1,500 miles to the Hudson Bay.

 

In what world would a mine belong here? Not today. Not in a hundred lifetimes. Not ever.

 

I believe in us as humans and our capable loving souls to pull together and do right by nature. You can be part of this historic effort to protect the Boundary Waters wilderness forever.

You are receiving this e-mail because you have supported the Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters - a project of Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness.

 

Save the Boundary Waters
P.O. Box 625
Ely, MN 55731
United States

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