WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast episodes:

• 06.27.2024

  Boundary Waters Podcast Ep. 108

  "Choose your adventure," those are the words of William Choi, who spoke with the Boundary Waters Podcast about a family canoe trip in the BWCAW with three kids, two aluminum canoes, and exploring a new route. We also check in with...

  
• 05.28.2024

  Boundary Waters Podcast Ep. 107

  This episode is packed with stories from the Wilderness! If you've ever wondered about the permit quota system and how that came to be, you'll want to hear Bill Hansen's interview with Jim Hulbert, one of the people who developed...

  
• 04.23.2024

  Boundary Waters Podcast Ep. 106 with Cory Dack

  Cory Dack has nearly 20 years of experience in wild places, including 17 years as a canoe guide in the BWCAW. Host Lindsey Gau talks with Cory about de-colonizing outdoor spaces, empowering youth to love the wilderness, social justice and...

  
• 03.21.2024

  Boundary Waters Podcast Ep. 105 - Canoecopia!

  The Boundary Waters Podcast attended Canoecopia in early March where we were able to connect with over 30 Wilderness travelers who shared stories and travel tips with us. In this episode we hear from four: Jolene Metcalf, Seth Taft, Gillian...

  
• 02.22.2024

  Boundary Waters Podcast Ep. 104

  Over the summer of 2023 Aurora Gallagher spent 16 days canoeing and camping in Quetico Provincial Park as part of a YMCA Camp Menogyn trip. Aurora shares what the experience was like, from one week in, then two weeks, and...

  
• 01.25.2024

  Keep It Wild - Winter Leave No Trace

  The WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast talks with Megan McClanahan of the US Forest Service about "Leave No Trace" principles in the winter. She covers the "dos" and "don'ts" of winter camping in the BWCAW, including harvesting firewood, where to build...

  
• 01.23.2024

  Boundary Waters Podcast Ep. 103

  This episode is built on the connection between wolves and wilderness. Featuring Ellen Hawkins, a North Shore resident who had an extraordinary wolf encounter in 1985, that has shaped the way she thinks about wolves, wilderness and humans too. After...

  
• 01.15.2024

  Boundary Waters Podcast Goes Live with Maggie Whiting of the USFS

  Catch this timely interview with Maggie Whiting, a USFS information specialist, who tells us everything we need to know ahead of the January 31st "Go Live" start of the BWCAW permit season. She covers all the details to make your...

  
• 12.20.2023

  Boundary Waters Podcast Ep. 102

  In this very special, one-hour episode, you'll meet Lindsey Gau and Bill Hansen, part of our new, rotating crew of podcast hosts. They each share memories from formative canoe trips--both were 15 years old, and included travels with life-long friends....

  
• 12.19.2023

  Keep It Wild - Early Ice Conditions in the BWCAW

  In this debut segment of "Keep it Wild," USFS Wilderness Operations Lead Megan McClanahan discusses early winter adventuring in the BWCAW, including monitoring the fast-changing ice conditions, preparing for your skating or fishing trip and why it's nice to fill...

  
• 11.01.2023

  Episode 101 - Waterfowl Hunting In The BWCA

  It's the second duck hunting trip featured on the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast. Podcast friends Dean and Baylee share information about how to successfully hunt waterfowl in the BWCA in this episode. They also paddle alongside Joe and Matthew during...

  
• 10.15.2023

  Episode 100 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  It's been a journey. 100 episodes. In this milestone episode, it goes back to the beginning, with Gaby, the German paddler who was featured on Episode One of the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast. Over the past 100 episodes, hosts Joe...

  
• 10.01.2023

  Episode 99: Solo on the Louse River Loop

  Life can be hard. It's almost always busy. There are responsibilities, tasks, and to-do lists abundant. Anyone who listens to this podcast regularly understands the BWCA offers a relief from these burdens with the anticipation of a profound connection with...

  
• 09.15.2023

  Episode 98 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast Mallard Island

  Ernest Oberholtzer is a name that will forever be connected to the Boundary Waters. And yet, far too many paddlers of the canoe-country know neither his story nor his legacy of wilderness protection. Oberholtzer, more commonly known as 'Ober,' first...

  
• 09.01.2023

  Episode 97 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast Cache Bay Revisited

  There are new rangers at the Cache Bay Ranger Station in Quetico Provincial Park. For the first time since the passing of Janice Matichuk, the new rangers could become something of a fixture on what is known as Her Island....

  
• 08.15.2023

  Episode 96 Paddler Profile Jason's Walk Across the Wilderness

  The Paddler Profile Series continues on the podcast with the inspiring story of one incredible human's walk across the wilderness. From a boy in Iowa to an adventurer in Ely, this is as much about life's journey as it is...

  
• 08.01.2023

  Episode 95 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  There are unexplainable things that can happen to people in the Boundary Waters. Strange energy. Powerful feelings that someone, or something is nearby. One campsite, located on an island on Tuscarora Lake, is occasionally referenced when this discussion surfaces. It...

  
• 07.15.2023

  Episode 94 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  The Barefoot Paddler returns to the podcast, this time to share stories of walking every portage in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Mark Zimmer, more commonly referred to as the Barefoot Paddler, took several years to walk every maintained...

  
• 07.01.2023

  Episode 93 North From the Border

  For many paddlers, the BWCA is the ultimate destination for all trips. For others, its the training ground for trips further north. Maddy and Cory, two sisters, grew up on the edge of the Boundary Waters Wilderness. Both...

  
• 06.16.2023

  News Track: Campfire ban, wildfire, and BWCA Closure Area

  A large section of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness will be closed near the end of the Gunflint Trail due to the ongoing threat from an active wildfire. The closure area will include an area west of the Gunflint Trail....

  
• 06.15.2023

  Episode 92 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  It's all about hammocks in Episode 92. Back to share stories and information and hammocks and hammock camping in the Boundary Waters is none other than Shug. Well known for his YouTube channel and extensive hammock-camping adventures in the BWCA...

  
• 06.01.2023

  Episode 91 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  Episode 90 proved to be a pivotal moment in the history of the podcast. A capsized canoe on the Temperance River in the BWCA just days after ice out led to a memorable story that was shared by the four...

  
• 05.16.2023

  Episode 90 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  The WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast duo of Matthew Baxley and Joe Friedrichs met up with Kevin "The K-man" Kramer and "Omaha" Erik Dickes for the 2023 fishing opener. The group set out in search of fish and open water. ...

  
• 05.01.2023

  Episode 89 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  The sights of the Boundary Waters are what many people think of when asked what they appreciate about the canoe-country wilderness. Seeing a moose. A sunset from camp. A stringer of walleye in summer. These are all images connected to...

  
• 04.26.2023

  News Track: BWCA Towboat Services In Question

  Just ahead of the upcoming paddling season, there was news of a court case that could end the longstanding practice of using motorized towboats to help Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness visitors get started on their wilderness trips at least...

  
• 04.14.2023

  Episode 88 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  Mushing is the fastest way to travel across the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness during the winter. Sled dogs love to run, and the open flats of a BWCA lake can provide stunning areas for experienced and novice mushers to...

  
• 04.01.2023

  Episode 87 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  The Paddler Profile series continues in this episode. The featured paddler is Wendy Paulsen, a dedicated paddler of the BWCA and other waters across North America. Wendy is the sister of Northstar Canoes General Manager Bear Paulsen. She has a...

  
• 03.15.2023

  Episode 86 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  Canoecopia 2023 took place in Madison, Wisc., from March 10-12. The WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast team was back for this year's paddling expo. In addition to posting up at their booth and talking with thousands of curious paddlers, hosts Joe Friedrichs...

  
• 03.01.2023

  Episode 85 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  For the first time in several years, there will be a park ranger at the Cache Bay Ranger Station in Quetico Provincial Park for the full season in 2023. Due to the pandemic and additional restrictions regarding Remote Area Border Crossing...

  
• 02.15.2023

  Episode 84 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  Climate change isn’t something most BWCA enthusiasts think of in early January. On the day permits for the upcoming paddling season go live – as they did Jan. 25 this year – the bulk of those people planning a canoe trip...

  
• 02.01.2023

  Episode 83 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  Sam Cook made a career writing about the woods and waters of northeastern Minnesota, including his many adventures to the Boundary Waters. A longtime columnist for the Duluth News Tribune, Cook shares some of his adventures and reflects on his...

  
• 01.25.2023

  Short Track: BWCA Permit Opener 2023

  January 25 was the first day to secure a 2023 overnight paddle trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Permits went up for grabs at 9 a.m. Podcast hosts Joe Friedrichs and Matthew Baxley met at WTIP headquarters in...

  
• 01.14.2023

  Episode 82 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  Food tastes better during a trip to the Boundary Waters. It's a common sentiment, one many visitors to the canoe-country wilderness can relate to. During a recent winter trip to the BWCA, the podcast team explored the notion that...

  
• 01.01.2023

  Episode 81 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  Welcome to Season Six of the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast! To start the season, we get to travel once again with the father/daughter duo Scott and Emilie Burditt. Scott and Emilie are Wisconsin residents who make an annual trip to...

  
• 12.15.2022

  Episode 80 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  The trip started with 24 hours of cold rain and seemingly endless beaver dams overflowing from a rising creek. Dense fog masked the shoreline in the distance on the occasional lake that broke up the swirling creek. Despite the weather...

  
• 12.01.2022

  Episode 79 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  Juan Martinez is the first tribal liaison for the U.S. Forest Service on Superior National Forest. He arrived to northeastern Minnesota in 2021. In late November 2022, during the first week of good ice in and around the Boundary Waters,...

  
• 11.15.2022

  Episode 78 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  Bear Paulsen has a style of canoe tripping named after him. Simply put, they're called "Bear Trips." A Bear Trip means there will be weeks, possibly months, spent paddling on one specific trip. Paulsen is the general manager of Northstar Canoes....

  
• 11.01.2022

  Episode 77 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  Dispersed camping on Superior National Forest is something the U.S. Forest Service has encouraged as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness continues to draw more people during the peak of summer. In this episode, podcast co-host Joe Friedrichs travels with...

  
• 10.16.2022

  Episode 76 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  Bryan Hansel is an outdoor photographer and BWCA enthusiast who lives near Grand Marais. In May 2021, Hansel followed the route of American geologist Newton Horace Winchell and the work he did while surveying the land of Cook County...

  
• 10.01.2022

  Episode 75 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  It's episode 75 of the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast! In this episode, we hear from a familiar voice on the podcast, BWCA enthusiast Erik "Omaha Erik" Dickes. Erik goes on his first solo trip to the wilderness in this episode,...

  
• 09.21.2022

  Short Track: Minnesota Woman Goes Missing In BWCA

  A Minnesota woman is safe after spending a rainy September night lost in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness near the Gunflint Trail. 56-year-old Jennifer Fitzer, a resident of Golden Valley, Minn., became lost Thursday, Sept. 8 from her group’s campsite...

  
• 09.14.2022

  Episode 74 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  When we think of the Boundary Waters, solitude, quiet and getting away from the hustle of day-to-day life often jump to the forefront of the mind for many visitors to this canoe country wilderness. A quiet retreat is indeed a...

  
• 09.01.2022

  Episode 73 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  The WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast team take to the road (and air) for this episode, traveling more than 1,000 miles south to the hills of Kentucky. On the trail of Jordan Grider, a young man from New Mexico who died...

  
• 08.14.2022

  Episode 72 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  The Barefoot Paddler abides. Mark Zimmer, more commonly referred to as the 'Barefoot Paddler,' makes his return to the podcast in this episode. Mark is in the midst of his tenth season exploring the BWCA. Not your average paddler, Mark typically...

  
• 07.29.2022

  Episode 71 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  Emily Haavik is a Twin Cities based journalist and musician who has a deep love for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Emily and her husband, Phil, chose the BWCA as the setting for their honeymoon in September 2020, for...

  
• 07.15.2022

  Episode 70 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  It's the 'all news episode' of the WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast! There has been so much news in and around the Boundary Waters in recent weeks, hosts Joe Friedrichs and Matthew Baxley use storytelling and interviews to sum up some...

  
• 07.04.2022

  Episode 69 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  Poetry. Process. Paddling. In the BWCA, the natural rhythms of wind and water churn through seasons without concern for human visitors. During the July 4 holiday weekend, five paddlers on a remote lake in the Boundary Waters found themselves sharing...

  
• 06.16.2022

  Episode 68 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  Human remains were discovered near a makeshift campsite in April 2019 near the Sioux Hustler Trail that runs through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Law enforcement later identified the remains as those of 29-year-old Jordan Grider, a New Mexico...

  
• 06.03.2022

  Episode 67 WTIP Boundary Waters Podcast

  Cell phone use during a trip to the Boundary Waters. To bring or not to bring? To use or not to use? These are the questions some in the paddling community have struggled with for years, with age often being...

  
• 05.27.2022

  Short Track: News Report on Congressional Hearing About Mining Near BWCA

  Legislation that would essentially block certain types of mining on a large swath of federal land in the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness was passionately debated during a May 24 hearing of the U.S. House Subcommittee on...