In the summer of 2014, Thomas Tidwell, who had worked for the U.S. Forest Service for thirty-seven years, the last five of those as its chief, decided to visit the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a mosaic of more than a thousand lakes and rivers on almost 1.1 million acres in northern Minnesota, along the Canadian border.
Ehlobo lika-2014, uThomas Tidwell, owayesebenzele i-US Forest Service iminyaka engamashumi amathathu nesikhombisa, abayisihlanu bokugcina njengenkosi yabo, wanquma ukuvakashela iBoundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, isithombe esenziwe ngamachibi angaphezu kwayinkulungwane nemifula ecishe ibe yi-1.1 million acres enyakatho yeMinnesota, emngceleni waseCanada.