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 ...

State officials have given the go-ahead to Franconia Minerals, a subsidiary of Twin Metals, to conduct exploratory drilling ...

Mercury contamination is growing in northern Minnesota’s lakes, MPR News says. They report: “Hundreds of lakes across the North Woods are contaminated with mercury, including those in protected areas ...

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 ...

What better way to support a critical ecosystem in Northern Minnesota than with live music, cold beverages, and all sorts of summer festivities? That’s exactly what Bent Paddle Brewing Co. is doing ...

Another wildfire has started in northern Minnesota, this time in the wilderness of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. The U.S. Forest Service smoke from the fire was first noticed on Thursday by an ...

Now that her husband and 16-year-old son are on their way to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Kate Scherfenberg can relax. The mad rush of last-minute tasks is over, leaving the Otter Tail ...

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 ...