Who’s Involved (So Far)?
The HOCP collaboration continues to grow as groups perceive the benefits of working together to promote the land and communities of these areas. The following organizations, listed alphabetically, have participated in one or more meetings:
(Photo: Voyageurs National Park Association)
- Ad/Venture Group
- Arrowhead Coalition for Multiple Use
- Arrowhead Lodge and Resort
- Arrowhead Regional Development Commission
- Ash Trail Lodge
- Atikokan, City of
- Atikokan Economic Development Corporation
- Boreal Forest and Community Resilience Project (at the Univ. of Minn. Institute on the Environment)
- Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)
- Canoeing.com Limited
- Club Mesabi
- The Conservation Fund
- Conservationists with Common Sense – CWCS
- Cook County Board of Commissioners
- Cook County News Herald
- Cook County Public Health and Human Services Advisory Committee
- Cook County Visitors Bureau
- Crane Lake Township
- Destination Voyageurs National Park
- Eaton Associates
- Ely Chamber of Commerce
- Ernest Oberholtzer Foundation
- Eskakwa Eco-adventure Co.
- City of Eveleth
- Forest Capital Partners
- Fort William Historical Park
- Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness
- Friends of Chippewa Park
- Friends of the Cloquet Valley State Forest
- Friends of Quetico Provincial Park
- Friends of Voyageurs National Park
- Grand Portage Lodge and Casino
- Grand Portage National Monument
- Grand Portage State Park
- City of Greenstone
- Gunflint Trail Historical Society
- Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
- Iron Range Partnership for Sustainability
- Izaak Walton League
- Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park Cluster
- Koochiching County Board
- Lakehead University
- Laurentian Environmental Center
- Minnesota Arrowhead Association
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Minnesota Forest Resources Council
- Municipality of Neebing
- National Parks Conservation Association
- Natural Resources Conservation Service
- North of Superior Travel Association
- Northeast Minnesota Sustainable Development Partnership
- Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness
- Ontario Parks
- Ontario Trails Council
- Quetico Foundation
- Quetico Provincial Park
- Quetico Superior Foundation
- City of Ranier
- Rainy Lake Conservancy
- Rainy River First Nations
- Raven Productions, Inc.
- Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program, National Park Service
- Ryder-Walker Alpine Adventures
- St. Louis County Board
- Sandy Point Lodge
- Sawbill Outfitters
- Sawtooth Mountain Clinic
- Sierra Club
- Superior National Forest
- The Nature Conservancy
- Tourism Thunder Bay
- Trans Canada Trail Ontario
- Trust for Public Land
- Two Harbors Chamber of Commerce
- University of Minnesota Center for Hardwood Ecology
- Urban Connections–Twin Cities
- Voyageurs National Park
- Voyageurs National Park Association
- Wilderness Inquiry
- Wilderness News
(Photo: Quetico Provincial Park)
Steering Committee
The HOCP steering committee meets on a regular basis to carry out the joint efforts as decided by the group. It consists of staff or volunteers from the following organizations:
- Quetico Foundation
- Voyageurs National Park Association
- Superior National Forest
- Quetico Provincial Park
- Voyageurs National Park
- Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness
- Grand Portage National Monument
- Lakehead University
- Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park Cluster