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HAZLETON — Buchanan County Conservation will offer a Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness youth canoe trek from Aug. 3-10 for young people ages ...

Beginning with the creation of Yellowstone National Park in 1892, the American people have guided the international effort to appreciate and preserve the ...

The Trump administration should swiftly release the data, documents and analysis it relied on to make a controversial 2018 decision advancing copper mining ...

Northeastern Minnesota is blessed with two world-class natural resources: the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Lake Superior. Upstream of each ...

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness preserves an extraordinary quality that humans need. The wild. The natural. This wilderness habitat reveals to us, ...

The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center will be hosting a free trip for veterans to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Northern Minnesota July 9-14.

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The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center hosts a free trip for veterans July 9-14 to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota. This is the ...

Just days after President Donald Trump visited Minnesota, underscoring his support for copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, ...

Imagine a mountain reaching a height of some 250 feet (almost as tall as the Statue of Liberty) containing wet sludge from an adjacent copper mine. Then add ...

SUPERIOR, Wis. — The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center is hosting a free trip for veterans to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota ...

Ely has profited and at times thrived from its natural resource blessings of minerals, forests and beautiful waterways.

Stories have been published regarding the hiring of former Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Landwehr as the new executive ...

These lumberjacks are the reason the Border Route Trail in Minnesota exists.

BURNSVILLE, Minn. — President Donald Trump talked up the strength of the U.S. economy Monday at a business roundtable in Burnsville, using his brief visit to ...

The U.S. Forest *Service* says it's going to try reopening its new Boundary Waters Canoe Area permit reservation system on Feb. 27 after making a technical fix.

If you were hoping to book your permit next week for the 2019 paddling season in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, it turns out there's no rush.

You have read 1 of 10 articles. Log In or Subscribe. If he had a choice, Chaplain Mark Richard Lundholm would forgo his own obituary with its details of a life ...

Guest post by Save the Boundary Waters is a part of our America's Most Endangered Rivers® series spotlighting the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

A new reservation system for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness permits malfunctioned not long after it went online Wednesday morning.

by Tom Coombe -. An Ely business has been recognized as one of the top outdoor stores in the state. Piragis Northwoods Company ranks second among seven ...

The U.S. Forest *Service* on Monday fixed its failed reservation system for trips to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA), but ending what was a ...

The U.S. Forest *Service* on Monday restarted its system for people to get Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness permits, but some users are reporting ...

The U.S. Forest *Service* says it has finally fixed the bugs in a new online reservation system for Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness travelers that crashed ...

Today: Joseph Goldstein, whose sense of environmentalism and love of the North Woods spawned his organization, Kids for the Boundary Waters, aka ...

Massive mineral deposiits occur iini the same watershed as the BWCA, Quetico Provincial Park, and Voyageurs National Park, all of which are at risk if the ...

The bill creating the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness was signed 40 years ago this weekend. Decades later, the tension over natural resources and ...

The federal government's sudden decision to reopen mineral exploration just outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness was a resounding defeat for ...

The new national reservation system for Boundary Waters permits opened Wednesday, Jan. 30, and then promptly crashed, with the U.S. Forest *Service* saying ...

The Trump administration sells out a beloved wilderness to Ivanka's landlord.

After an unsuccessful attempt last week to launch a new system by which permits are purchased and secured for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness ...

Federal officials say they are starting over on accepting reservation for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of because of technical issues.

There are only a few more days left to weigh in on the Trump administration's recent proposal to renew two controversial mineral leases on the doorstep of the ...

The U.S. Forest *Service* said Friday it will cancel and refund fees for Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness permits made earlier this week on a new ...

Forest *Service* updates message that is must-viewing for visitors. Sorry, gang: No bear.

Today: Jason Zabokrtsky of Ely Outfitting Company, who has a zeal for getting people into the wild. He started an essay contest last year for teenagers, with the ...

Eagle Scout Eric Meek creates incredible glass artwork as part of his job at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, N.Y. His time with Troop 77 in Defiance, ...

There are no neighbors on the one-owner island in vast Lake Vermilion.

ELY – Piragis Northwoods Company has been recognized as one of the top outdoor equipment stores in the state, according to the website ...

A group opposing a proposed copper-nickel mine on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness announced Tuesday that its new executive ...

I first saw the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in July 2014 from a seat in a U.S. Forest *Service* floatplane. Below me, stretching as far as I could see, ...

Information brief by the Minnesota House of Representatives Research Department The following summarizes the history of the major actions occurring in the ...

Monday marks a big day for Cook County and the nearby Boundary Waters. It was on this day 40 years ago that Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Act ...

REGIONAL—A forest treatment plan that encompasses more than 17,000 acres in and around the Echo Trail north of Ely has gotten the green light from the ...

The magnificent beast had a hankering for salt lick.

BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS, Minn. – Every paddle stroke sprinkled water drops, reflecting the setting sun like sparklers across the ...

HUDSON, Wis. — Anyone who's explored the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness knows the value of a good map. Maps depicting waterways, portage ...

1902 - The U.S. General Land Office sets aside 500,000 acres in what would become the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, keeping it undeveloped by ...

HUDSON, Wis. — Anyone who's explored the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness knows the value of a good map. Maps depicting waterways, portage ...

DULUTH — It passed the U.S. Senate in the last minutes of the last day of a Congressional session that may have been its last chance to pass. Democrats were ...

You are hiking down a remote section of trail and come across an unconscious hiker. Your partner falls off his horse or bike in the middle of a long trail.

What started as acknowledgement of the importance of our forested areas to our developing nation became a push for wilderness to stop all development.

The USDA canceled a 2-year long study investigating the potential environmental impact of copper-nickel mining in northeastern Minnesota after just 15 months, ...

The Trump administration is going full throttle to allow mining in northern Minnesota next to one of the nation's most popular nature areas.

TOWN OF HUDSON — Anyone who's explored the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness knows the value of a good map. Maps depicting waterways ...

ELY, Minn. — The Bureau of Land Management proposed renewing hardrock mineral leases in the Rainy River Watershed near the Boundary Waters Canoe ...

While hunters in the North can seem about as scarce as the bucks that call it home, this is where massive borealis deer thrive. Hunt the dense forests of the ...

A group of nine Minnesota businesses is suing the Trump administration, asserting irreparable harm from a U.S. Department of Interior decision to reinstate two ...

Twin Metals Minnesota has appointed Julie Padilla to oversee the release of its operational mine plan as it enters the beginning stages of state and federal ...

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota.

A small fire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, first reported Monday, continued to smolder Tuesday as U.S. Forest *Service* crews started to work ...

September was Public Lands Month, a celebration of America's iconic public lands and waters. In northern Minnesota, we're privileged to have access to a ...

Two Democratic lawmakers poised to rise to powerful positions in the U.S. House of Representatives are demanding that President Donald Trump's ...

Basswood Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is a popular location to fish for northern pike. Deep snow in the BWCA this winter has made ...

There are some changes coming regarding permits to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The United States Forest *Service* recently unveiled the ...

Amidst ongoing debate about mining near the Iron Range, University of Minnesota researchers in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness are continuing ...

We'll live to regret the Trump administration's efforts to allow leases for copper-nickel mining to go forward.

REGIONAL— It's been forty years since the controversial passage of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Act, a federal law that enacted significant ...

ELY – Local users of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness offered up an earful of criticism to top officials on the Superior National Forest this past week, ...

Several northern Minnesota businesses that rely on the Boundary Waters Canoe area have sued the Trump administration for its renewal of expired leases for ...

The battle over mining in northern Minnesota's wilderness hit a turning point early this month, when the administration of Donald Trump ended a study of the ...

Now is the time for everyone who treasures the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and its health-promoting pristine water, air, wildlife, fish, and solitude ...

BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS, Minn. — Every paddle stroke sprinkled water drops, reflecting the setting sun like sparklers across the ...

Environmental groups cry foul on the U.S. government's decision to open Rainy River watershed to mining interests. They say it 'broke its word.'

Podcasts are audio programs distributed across the world wide web with topics that range from politics to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Wednesday, Feb. 27, Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minn., introduced legislation to return the Boundary Waters Canoe Area reservation portal on recreation.gov for ...

On March 12, 2019, President Donald Trump signed into law a sweeping, bipartisan public lands bill that permanently protects nearly 2.4 million acres of public ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Trump Administration has cleared the way for mining companies to resume exploration for copper-nickel mines near the Boundary Waters ...

Several Democratic members of congress are asking federal agencies to turn over documents related to 2018 decisions that pushed copper-nickel mining ...

With other BWCA outfitters, organizations and nonprofits sued the U.S. Dept. of the Interior to prevent a copper sulfide mine outside the wilderness area.

Opponents of proposed copper mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness have formed a new, nonprofit advocacy fund to support political ...

Minnesota's legendary Boundary Waters Canoe Area can be scary big. The lakes are sometimes huge, or an angry gothic green, and canoe trips there are the ...

Months ago I made reservations to take a group to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) through Ely and enjoy a nice weekend of exploring the wilderness ...

The Trump Administration has announced it will renew two leases for copper-nickel mining upstream of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, ...

The permit system on the national website recreation.gov quickly crashed after it went live Jan. 30, shutting out an untold number of users and creating questions ...

A group of conservation organizations are trying to prevent sulfide-ore mining at the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern ...

A giant buck that appears like magic and bolts before a shot can be fired. A silvery lake trout with orange fins that looks like no other. The simple yet incredible ...

The Lake County Sheriff's Office received a report of a possible drowning Sunday, June 10 on Perent Lake, which is in northeast Lake County within the ...

The timeline for reserving quota permits to enter the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) on the Superior National Forest has not been affected ...

Many months before the U.S. Forest *Service* capsized its launch of a new reservation system for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA), Ely, ...

A former Minneapolis high school football and wrestling coach died in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness after he attempted to right a capsized canoe ...

Users of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) will swarm an updated reservations system Wednesday that's designed to bolster cyber security and ...

Congressman Pete Stauber introduced legislation to return the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) reservation portal, for non-motorized and motorized boats ...

The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is hosting a free seminar aimed at non-tribal members to better explain the treaty rights under which tribal ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — This Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Act. Signed by Jimmy Carter in October ...

We drifted along in the early morning breeze, passing slowly over a rocky point in a crystal-clear northern Minnesota lake. I tipped a jig with a leech and dropped ...

A little-known program at Northern Tier has significant impact on studying lake pollution in one of the country's most popular wilderness areas.

The United States Department of Agriculture will no longer pursue a mineral withdrawal proposal in the Rainy River Watershed and Superior National Forest, ...

A *fresh* breeze swept down the frozen lake, picking up loose snow atop the ice and swirling it into a temporary tornado. When the zephyr had passed, the little ...

If we nurture the entrepreneurial spirit of citizens and invest in key infrastructure like broadband, we can create the kind of sustainable rural economies that are ...