Papers relating to the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness. 1897-1996 (bulk 1976-1978).

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Papers relating to the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness. 1897-1996 (bulk 1976-1978).

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Files and papers of Miron (Bud) Heinselman of St. Paul, a U.S. Forest Service ecologist who was active in the environmental movement, was a founding member of the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness, and was an expert on the ecology of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northern Minnesota.

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Izaak Walton League of America

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