Kristina Schenck's Interactive Media

The single most important part of land management in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is limiting the impact people have on the resource and making sure there are facilities that encourage users to concentrate their impact in a designated area. This includes human waste. Over 200,000 people visit the Boundary Waters each year, and […]

Over the summer, my morning commute to the office was a quick paddle into the wilderness. Life jackets replaced seatbelts and wind conditions were more of a concern than traffic jams. Parallel parking along the lakeshore was a dream. Ok, the term office is relative—in this case, the office is a million-plus acres of wilderness, […]