Bad River backers pursue wild-and-scenic status


Bad River backers pursue wild-and-scenic status


Mark Peterson looks out across the woods and waters of the Bad River basin and sees a river of unparalleled wildness and beauty.

But he also sees threats: Erosion that turns the river into a muddy soup. A patchwork of governments with different regulations in all the towns the river runs through. A fragile ecosystem that could be devastated by an oil spill or other damage.

That’s why Peterson, the former head of Northland College’s Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute and a volunteer for the Superior Rivers Watershed Association, is among a team of local supporters pushing to have the Bad River designated as a federal wild and scenic waterway....

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Ken Notes: If we do not protect these now we never will have the chance again...

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