Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. ••• Family and friends flooded Sarah Olson of Jordan, Minn., with calls and texts in the harrowing ...

The U.S. Forest Service on Saturday closed the popular Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota as the largest active wildfire in the state threatens the 1-million-acre property ...

Emma Brackett, Abby Cichocki, Helena Karlstrom, and Olivia Bledsoe, a Virginia Tech junior, became the first publicly ...

The Boundary Waters of northern Minnesota is not only revered for its beauty. Deep underground lay some of the richest, untapped mineral deposits in the world.

In 1909, Spanish-American War veteran and Medal of Honor recipient President Theodore Roosevelt established the Superior National Forest “for the use and benefit of the people.” Since then millions of ...

The Boundary Waters first gained protection in 1926 and became a federally protected area in 1978 with the passage of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Act. As one of the country's oldest ...

I am among the many Wisconsinites who drive to neighboring Minnesota to paddle, fish, hike, camp or simply enjoy the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in the Superior National Forest. For decades, ...

ON FARM LAKE NEAR ELY, Minn. — Dave Setterholm steered his motorboat across Farm Lake then cut the engine along the Kawishiwi River near the edge of the Boundary Waters wilderness. Cross into the ...

WASHINGTON — An effort to jumpstart copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has died in Congress. A provision that would pave the way for mining in the Superior National ...

ELY, Minn. — Mining near the Boundary Waters has been a painful debate for a while. Now in Washington, there is another chapter. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minnesota) raised a red flag on a section in ...