Boundary Waters entry fees may more than double The increased revenue from higher fees could be used to address more than $11 million in deferred maintenance.

Local groups push back against mining near Boundary Waters ELY, Minn. — The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is currently protected from mining on federal land for the next 20 years.

The body of one of the two canoeists who went missing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness was recovered on Friday during a search near Curtain Falls.

Friends of the Boundary Waters and other organizations have successfully blocked other key permits in court.

Trump administration looks to bring back mining near Boundary Waters originally appeared on Bring Me The News. Trump’s top cabinet members say they are working to allow mining again in parts of ...

Congress removed a provision from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that would have allowed a mining project near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

BOUNDARY WATERS — The famed Stairway Portage got a makeover this summer when the steep, wooden steps were replaced with native stone.

MINNEAPOLIS — Supporters of expanding mining and drilling near the Boundary Waters are cheering another executive order from President Trump.

The Senate has asked the House to strike the reversal of the Boundary Waters mineral lease withdrawal from the Big Beautiful Bill.

Provisions that would affect the Boundary Waters were scrapped on concerns they would not pass muster under Senate parliamentary rules.

The Biden administration on Thursday announced protections near a vast wilderness area in Minnesota where proposed copper mining has raised environmental concerns.

In 2023, the Department of the Interior put a 20-year ban on all mining activity in the watershed that feeds the famed Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Now Congress is on the cusp of ...