Minnesota Wild Waters Broadband • Entered by Jan Bourdon on September 30, 2021
BWCAW Stewardship Project
September 17, 2021 – September 19, 2021
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 25 |
| Post Admin hours | 10 |
| Activity Hours | 36 |
| Participants | 16 |
| Total Hours | 611 |
Key Issue: Multiple apply
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Key Partners: MN Dept of Natural Resources, Superior forest Service, Mn Volunteer Coordinators
Landscape/area: Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (814441 acres)
Measurable Outcomes
Outcome 1: Event Attendees (16 people)
Outcome 2: Trail/land monitored (6 miles)
Outcome 3: Advocacy actions (16 comments)[/if 1231]
Short Description of Activity
Weekend Stewardship activity; hiking, trail clearing, evaluation of water next to trail, advocacy meeting (Becky ROM from Save the BWCAW} New members orientation, US Forest Service guidance, GOB social activities, swimming, canoeing, campfire/singing, planning meeting for 2022, this was a special weekend at a new camp {Camp Widjiwagan) near Ely, MN. This was our BEST weekend for participation, outcomes, interaction, advocacy. A TRUE SUCCESS!!!!!
Reflection/Evaluation
EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL!!! We had six new members who commuted to membership. We met all of our outcomes and were truly fired up by speaker Becky Rom.