Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Listening Point - General Discussion :: vintage BWCA pinback button
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Mocha |
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aholmgren |
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tumblehome |
Worn by those wishing to open the BWCA to unfettered recreational use. Sen Tom Bakk DFL,MN offered to make the BWCA a national recreation area like Lake Mead or Lake Havasu. Tom |
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thegildedgopher |
tumblehome: "Probably early 90's during the hearings on portages, motors and so on. Nah, this definitely would've been earlier than that. "Keep" implies the pin was part of a campaign to maintain the status quo -- probably late 70s. |
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thegildedgopher |
"In the towns located on the edge of the Boundary Waters, residents were aroused over attempts by "outside agitators" to come in and dictate the use of the land. In Ely, the village sometimes called Canoe Town USA, bumper stickers appeared saying SIERRA CLUB KISS MY AXE. At one point a Forest Service building was burned, tires were slashed on vehicles owned by pro-wilderness people and an outfitter who leaned toward the Fraser bill had the display window in his store broken a couple of times. During hearings last summer in Minnesota over the bills, there was much shouting and finger pointing. People claimed that making the BWCA a full wilderness would deplete the local tax base to a critical degree. Resort owners swore they would go bankrupt. Loggers said they would not have enough softwood if they were banned from the BWCA. An organization was formed called the Boundary Waters Conservation Alliance and its slogan Was KEEP THE BWCA OPEN TO EVERYONE." |
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yogi59weedr |
t 90s. My .2 |
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tumblehome |
Tom |
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timatkn |
Geez…broken windows, burned down FS building, tires slashed…where was the law with all of this criminal activity going on? “Keep the BWCA open to everyone” or else we will intimidate you… wonder why it didn’t work LOL T |