You can do it! Volunteer for BWCA Wilderness Powwow Trail in 2019.

About the presentation:
See yourself in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness this spring as part of a clearing crew on the historic Powwow Trail in the Superior National Forest.

Whether you are a novice or an experienced outdoors enthusiast, learn more how volunteers from all walks of life are restoring the Powwow Trail, that was ravaged by the Pagami Creek Fire in 2011. Emerging from ashes, this trail is rising amidst of new, vigorous, green growth of healthy jack pine forest. Find out how you, one volunteer, can be a part of the effort to change the future of Powwow Trail to benefit all of us.

Volunteers from Duluth and the Arrowhead area play a key role in clearing the first several miles from the trailhead, at Isabella Lake the first weekend in May. In subsequent weeks about 70 volunteers will follow on 3-4 day trips into the interior to clear the last five miles of the 30 miles long trail to clear jack pines that obscure the path. We anticipate that with your help, the entire Powwow loop will be hike-able after Memorial Day weekend.

Join me and BWA Committee at the Duluth Folk School to see what progress volunteers made in the last year and trip plans for the 2019 season. After the presentation, join us at a table for a pint at Bent Paddle.

Door Prizes: Frost River product and bandanna map of the Powwow Trail by True North Map Co. - "It's more than just a map."

Coffee will be available at the Duluth Folk School to keep you awake during the presentation. After the presentation join the BWAC crew leaders for Boundary Waters experiences round table and a pint at Bent Paddle.

Co-sponsored by the BWA Committee and Frost River. Frost River will provide van transportation for volunteers from Frost River store to Powwow Trail and back for the May 4 day trip.

Presenter bio:
Martin Kubik is the founder of the Boundary Waters Advisory Committee, the Kekekabic Trail Club, and the 3M Club Outdoor Club. Martin was instrumental in saving the Kekekabic Trail in 1990 and again in 1999 after the Storm of the Century; and the Powwow Trail in 1993 and more recently after its devastation in the Pagami Creek Fire of 2011. He is an enthusiastic BWCAW volunteer organizer and outdoor skills mentor. Martin is recipient of several environmental awards, including from the US Forest Service, American Hiking Society and 3M Co. His other pursuits are photography and sewing camping gear. Disclaimer: ESL – English as a Second Language
Contact: Martin Kubik, wtrails2@yahoo.com 612-564-8279 cell

More info: https://www.boundarywaterstrails.org/,
Trips listing: https://www.meetup.com/Friends-of-BWCA-Trails/
https://duluthfolkschool.com/events/private-event-bwca-presentation/