This fall, the 10 year anniversary of the Pagami Creek Fire, join us for a presentation on how the BWCA Powwow Trail was saved for the outdoor enthusiasts largely due to tireless work of hundreds of volunteers, many of them from Duluth area.   The talk and slide presentation will feature photos of the aftermath of the Pagami Creek Fire that burned down 95% of the 30-mile-long Powwow Trail.  It was the Boundary Waters Advisory Committee that organized as many as 27 crews each year to make the trail passable again, cutting thousands of new dead falls.  Join us and see how they accomplished it, learn about the new log bridge in the wilderness, and how BWA Committee and the US Forest Service are bringing back the original campsites and what to see on the trail.   Frost River will give a brief tour of their new solar power installation.  A bandanna map of the Powwow Trail by True North Map Co.will be given away.  There will be information about the upcoming trail clearing trip on Saturday, October 16th.  

Presenters Bios

Martin Kubik is the founder of the Kekekabic Trail Club, the 3M Outdoor Club and of the Boundary Waters Advisory Committee (BWA Committee).  He is a lifelong advocate for the BWCAW hiking trails and recipient of several environmental awards.  Retired after 39 year career at 3M Co., Martin enjoys hiking and sewing camping gear in what little spare time he has.

Tiffanie Ellis, is a middle school teacher in Duluth and member of the Duluth Chapter of the BWA Committee.  She is an avid backpacker, BWCAW snow camper and a maintenance crew leader for the BWA Committee.

For more information contact Martin Kubik, 651-214-5849 c or wtrails2@yahoo.com

BWA Committee website:  https://www.boundarywaterstrails.org/