Whether you're looking to take in scenery and coast down calm waterways or get in some much-needed fishing and camping, this ...

The Trump administration and members of Congress are making some unusual legislative maneuvers to roll back Boundary Waters ...

The procedural action could pave the way for Twin Metals to resubmit plans for a proposed underground copper mine just a few ...

The congressman from northeast Minnesota just introduced legislation to nullify a 2023 Biden administration ban.

Retired Superior National Forest ranger Tom McCann hopes to journey more than 150 miles along the Minnesota-Ontario border in ...

The pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness faces new threats from proposed copper-nickel sulfide mining projects in northern Minnesota. Chris Knopf, executive director of Friends of the ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hal Herring is a Field & Stream contributing editor and the host of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers’ Podcast & Blast. In Hal’s opinion, “The future of the American public lands is as important to our ...