Greetings BWAC Volunteers and Friends,
The Annual Meeting is just around the corner!
The Boundary Waters Advisory Committee is pleased to invite you to our Annual Meeting, being held this Wednesday, February 10, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. Good news: the virtual format allows trail advocates near and far to attend, no matter how below zero the temperature is or how much ice and sleet hazards the roads. Link to the virtual meeting.
Two hundred recent trail volunteers and allies received a postcard invitation to the Annual Meeting a few weeks ago. Your postcard is your chance to win one of ten fabulous sponsor-donated door prizes. To claim a prize on Wednesday, look for the discrete raffle ticket number printed on your mailing label. (Sample postcard attached.)
All friends of BWAC are welcome to join the meeting, whether you received a postcard or not.
Presentations include year-in-review reports on advocacy, club finances, and trail accomplishments. Crew Leader John Mattson will give us a glimpse of spring 2021 plans. Keynote speakers are club founder and immediate past president, Martin Kubik; and Superior National Forest Wilderness Ranger Carl Skustad speaking on “The Importance of Partnerships in the US Forest Service.” Rounding out the program will be special guests Nirmal Jain and Rebecca Powell, two of BWAC’s founding board members, highlighting BWAC’s 2002 origins and accomplishments.
We couldn’t accomplish the BWAC mission without our amazing sponsors. Sponsors provide us with discounted or free gear and services. They are trail advocates and like us, do what they can in the nooks and crannies of their personal and professional lives to support BWAC and the BWCAW. I encourage you to visit, and to purchase goods and services, from BWAC’s generous sponsors for this event:
Piragis Northwoods Company (Ely, MN)
Kollath Graphic Design (Duluth, MN)
Trailtopia™ Adventure Food
Lake Superior Trading Post (Grand Marais, MN)
Other BWAC News
Visit the BWAC Meetup site for an overview of spring trips. Our crews will be limited to six members this spring to accommodate social distancing and to stay flexible. Be sure to read trip descriptions and contact the crew leader to discuss if the trip is a good match. Hop on the waitlist if your desired trip is full. If you want to help out, BWAC will do everything we can to make a trip happen for you.
As always, call or email me with any concerns, wild and crazy ideas, to say hello or to introduce yourself. If I don’t “see you” this Wednesday, I hope to catch you at a local hike or on trail in 2021.
Sincerely,
Susan Pollock
President
and the BWAC Leadership Team
The Boundary Waters Advisory Committee