"To educate the public in order to preserve reasonable public access to and sensible recreational multiple-use of public lands and waters (including motorized uses) in Northeastern Minnesota, especially the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), with care for the environment."

CWCS Supports:

1. Reasonable access to and sensible recreational multiple-use of public lands and waters.
2. The use of common sense.
3. Continued multiple uses of our National Forests and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
4. Caring for our natural environment.
5. Being environmentally, economically and socially responsible.

South Fowl hearing in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis

Oral arguments were heard before Judge Tunheim at the U.S. District Courthouse in Mpls. MN on December 21, 2006 in the case of the Izaak Walton League, Sierra Club, Northeastern MN for Wilderness and other preservation groups vs. USFS concerning a proposed snowmobile trail outside of the Boundary Waters. [more...]

Still no permits for the Chain of Lakes

There still hasn’t been any resolution to mismanaged day use motor quota system for the affected BWCA Chain of Lakes. Recent contact with U.S. Forest Service Supervisor Jim Sanders asking for a meeting date to recalculate the permit quota didn’t result in a quick answer. [more...]