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December 07, 2015 at 05:52PM

December 7, 2015 By Dave Freeman

Like most of our days in the Wilderness, today was filled with basic actions, which directly affect our well-being. This afternoon we spent about an hour cutting and splitting firewood. There is a rhythm in the saw cutting through the wood. The saw dust slowly piles up as the woodpile grows. The crack of the axe is loud and sudden as it cleanly splits a 6-inch log in two. These sensations have become as familiar as the wind rustling through the trees and the low drumming of a grouse outside our tent.
As the sun set, Amy headed to the ice hole to gather water for dinner and our morning coffee while I finished splitting the last of the wood. After our chores, we both returned to the edge of the ice to watch the sun paint the sky yellow, then red, and purple.
This Wilderness has so much to give its visitors, but it needs our help. The Boundary Waters is threatened by a series of sulfide-ore copper mines that are being proposed along the edge of the Wilderness. The Wilderness is directly downstream from the proposed mines and any pollution from the mines could flow into the Wilderness. Please join @savetheBWCA and the tens of thousands of people from across the country who are speaking loudly for this quiet place. There is no other place like the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on earth. It is a national treasure like the Grand Canyon. It must be protected, not for us, but for our children and our children’s children, so they reap the benefits drinking this pristine water, and exploring the untrammeled Wilderness.

#wildernessyear #savetheBWCA #BWCA #onlyinMN #ice #water #sunset #BoundaryWaters

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