Permits for summer trips into the Boundary Waters ... rushing to book one (or 10). Why it matters: Northern Minnesota's BWCA is one of the best places on Earth, with serene lakes, huge fish ...

Minnesota's million-acre (400,000-hectare) Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is ... “It’s overwhelming—I could list names of great lakes for hours,” says Forsberg.

ST PAUL, Minn. — Multiple lawmakers from Minnesota have introduced legislation concerning mining near the Boundary Waters ...

This legislation builds on years of advocacy by U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, also a Minnesota Democrat, who has championed the ...

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is America's most-visited federally designated wilderness area. This 1.1 million–acre expanse is located in the northern third of the Superior National Forest ...

The legislation would make permanent a 20-year ban on that type of mining on 225,000 acres of Superior National Forest in the ...

The permits could have allowed Antofagasta’s Twin Metals Minnesota ... from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Between the company’s leases and permits, a roughly 30-square-mile area is at ...