Explorers Amy and Dave Freeman spent a full year (366 days in fact!) traveling and living in the Boundary Waters to raise awareness about the fight to protect this wild and beautiful place from toxic copper mining.

Hello friends!

“Absence makes the heart grow fonder” is certainly true for us and the Boundary Waters. We have sailed thousands of miles over the last year, from the frigid waters of Labrador, Canada dotted with humpback whales and icebergs to the crystal clear waters of the Bahamas where we are currently sailing, snorkeling, and exploring.

As winter grips the Boundary Waters, coral reefs and mangroves may seem like the polar opposite, but in truth the Boundary Waters is what led us here. Our passion is sharing our adventures with the next generation, so we’ve been leading virtual courses with school groups right from our sailboat! Teaching students about wild places, and hopefully sparking their interest in the natural world, brings us so much hope and joy.

Our first Boundary Waters canoe trips as pre-teens planted seeds that have led to this life of adventure that takes us all over the world. One of the reasons we work to protect the Boundary Waters is so that future generations can have transformative Wilderness experiences just like we were able to have.

We treasure our memories of the first time we dipped our cups into a Boundary Waters lake and drank the cool, clear water, reeled in our first fish, and took a swim.

If sulfide-ore copper mining happens on the edge of the Wilderness, contaminated water would damage the Boundary Waters forever.

That is why we need to protect the Boundary Waters for future generations. I hope you’ll join us in making a year end gift today that will be matched dollar-for-dollar thanks to a generous group of donors. 

Here in the Bahamas, freshwater is extremely limited, increasing our appreciation for this precious resource that we have in abundance in northern Minnesota. On our sailboat, we can either collect rainwater that falls on the deck of the boat, or we can buy sea water that has been turned into freshwater, which we haul to the boat.

Clean freshwater is one of the world’s most important resources and the lifeblood of the Boundary Waters; it is just too precious to risk.

Please donate before midnight tonight to double your impact and help us win permanent protection of the Boundary Waters. 

P.S. Don’t miss your last change to take advantage of this special opportunity to make double the impact for the Boundary Waters. Donate before the midnight deadline. If you’ve already donated today, thank you! We're still processing gifts. 

Amy and Dave Freeman have traveled over 30,000 miles by kayak, canoe and dogsled through some of the world’s wildest places. National Geographic named them Adventurers of the Year in 2014 during their “Paddle to DC” advocacy expedition from Ely, Minnesota to Washington D.C.

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