U.S. Forest Service officials have informed Boundary Waters permit holders and cooperating businesses that they won’t be ...

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is in trouble. As locals, environmentalists, and humans with care for the future, it's our responsibility to mobilize toward protecting the wilderness.

Wide swaths of several wilderness areas, like the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, were included in that acreage total, and a map accompanying the order made no distinction between ...

WASHINGTON — A bill that would permanently protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from sulfide mining was introduced by Sen. Tina Smith in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday. President ...

While growing up in Mankato, my first visit to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area was in 1978 ... Today, it’s the most visited wilderness area in the U.S. and an economic engine for our state.

The 1964 Wilderness Act significantly limited logging in the Boundary Waters, and the 1978 Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Act banned it. “The clumsy map that they put out shows how poorly ...

In recent years, the ranger stations have issued fewer permits than the dozens of certified outfitters in the northern part ...

More than 60 canoeists paddled down the Mississippi River on Saturday to protest increased use of motorized vehicles in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Voyageurs National Park. Jennifer ...

On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Tina Smith introduced the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection ... say without permanent protection, the wilderness area will be subjected to further political ...

has introduced a bill to ban copper-nickel mining on nearly a quarter-million acres of federal land in the same watershed as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The bill would make ...

has introduced a bill to ban copper-nickel mining on nearly a quarter-million acres of federal land in the same watershed as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The bill would make ...