The governor said technology to prevent pollution from copper-nickel mining isn’t ready at this point in time.

U.S. Department of Agriculture issues clarification after emergency order seeking to expand logging in national forests.

The Trump administration seeks to increase timber production on national forest land by 25% and "remove" certain environmental processes as it plans to increase import taxes on Canadian lumber.

In recent years, the ranger stations have issued fewer permits than the dozens of certified outfitters in the northern part ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Multiple lawmakers from Minnesota have introduced legislation concerning mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness this year. State Representatives Pete Stauber ...

A loon flaps its wings on Eddy Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. (Anthony Soufflé/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

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

In this episode we talk with Mike Danielsen, who philosophizes about losing things while gaining others, including what can ...

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

Permits for summer trips into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness this year go on sale Wednesday. Why it matters: Northern Minnesota's ... not cutting down live trees or brush.

The U.S. Forest Service will not log in designated wilderness areas like the Boundary Waters, federal officials ... the "removal" and "salvage" of trees, it promotes the more general "removal ...