My Story
My name is Tryggve Thorson. I started visiting the Boundary Waters when I was four-years-old and have been going ever since. My summer job is near the Boundary Waters just outside Ely, and every year I spend June, July, and August making sure families know how to be safe and have fun in outdoor spaces.
The Boundary Waters is a special place to me and to thousands others. Right now it is under threat, and I know I need to do something, so I signed up to be a charity runner this June to earn money to support Save the Boundary Waters. Please join me in trying to protect our wild and natural spaces. Your whole donation will go toward their efforts.
Description
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) is an undeveloped 1.1 million-acre federal and state-recognized Wilderness Area. It is an expanse of lakes, rivers, and forests in the Superior National Forest, located along the Minnesota-Canada border, that has been protected by statute and international treaty for more than a century. This is the sixth most critical region in the lower 48 to protect for climate resiliency and contains 20% of all the freshwater in the entire National Forest System. The water in the Boundary Waters is so clean, you can dip your cup and drink straight from the lake.
Save the Boundary Waters is the locally-based, national campaign led by Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness based in Ely, Minnesota dedicated to permanently protecting America’s most beloved Wilderness Area – the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Recent donors
| Donation date | Donor name | Donation amount |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 02 | Sharon and Bill Richardson | $108.50 |
| Jun 02 | Casie Budolfson | $55.25 |
| Jun 01 | Anonymous | Undisclosed amount |
| May 31 | Anonymous | $108.50 |
| May 25 | Erin, Devin, Liam and Winnie Vander Schaaf | Undisclosed amount |
| May 24 | Peter, Liz and Casco | Undisclosed amount |
| May 23 | Anonymous | $108.50 |
| May 23 | Anonymous | Undisclosed amount |