Special thanks to:

Donna, Kelly, and Colleen Rogers

and to:

Cliff and Isabel Ahlgren
Don Arnosti
Peter Bachman
Judy Bellairs
Jock Bishop
Richard and Vera Brown
Tom Church
Betsy Daub
Chuck Dayton
Wallace and Mary Lee Dayton
Harold and Helen Duncan
Ray Fenner
Jeff Forester
Nancy Gibson
Robert Graves
Jan Green
Clyde Hanson
Bridget Hust
Don Janes
Don Knutson
Jeff Latzka
John and Mary Lelwica
Alden Lind
Jon Michels
Stewart and Mimi McMillen
L. David Mech
Hugh Morton
Dana Offerman
Ann Possis
Penny Purtzer
David and Carolyn Quick
John Ramquist
Kurt Rusterholz
Russell Schroedl
Hugh and Irene Serr
Brett Smith
Ron Sternal
Ray and Jan Stockton
Joe and Jean Tobin
Betsy Whitten
Ainslie Willock
Mary Wilson
Doug Wood
Virginia Yingling
Dave Zumeta

This effort was endorsed and/or supported by:

Quetico-Superior Foundation
WM Foundation
Department of Forestry, University of Minnesota
Sierra Club

Izaak Walton League:
Minnesota Division
Walter J. Breckenridge Chapter
Minneapolis Chapter
St Paul Chapter
Duluth Chapter

National Audubon Society
The Wilderness Society
Minnesota Native Plant Society
Association of Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
Friends of the Boundary Waters
Minnesota Center For Environmental Advocacy
Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition
Minnesota Ecosystem Recovery Project
Superior Wilderness Action Network
Northwoods Wilderness Recovery
Clean Water Action Alliance
Great Bear Foundation
Wildlands Project
Wildlife Research Institute

"Requiem for the Giants"
was composed and performed by:

Eileen McGann

on her album:
"Turn It Around"

For more information or to add your organization as an endorsing organization contact:

Lynn Rogers, Field Director
White Pine Society
(218) 365-4480

Black and white historical photos copyright:

Minnesota Historical Society
Forest History Center
Ely-Winton Historical Society.

Text and Color photography copyright 1997 Lynn Rogers