Minnesota's million-acre (400,000-hectare) Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is the second largest wilderness east of the Rockies and surprisingly easy to access. Bill Forsberg, Jr., owner of ...
U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) reintroduced a bill on Jan. 21 to ban sulfide-ore copper mining in the Boundary Waters while advocacy groups and University of Minnesota students worry for the ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Supporters of expanding mining and drilling near the Boundary Waters are cheering another ... that," said Julie Lucas with Mining Minnesota. In an interview with WCCO in December ...
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is the crown-jewel of Minnesota, and a haven for families across the country to retreat to, connect with nature, and make cherished memories. 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 ...
We know in a water-rich environment that we will have pollution in the boundary waters." Next, we are expected to see dueling legislation from two Minnesota members of Congress. Republican ...
A Minnesota Congressman has reintroduced a bill that would restore mineral permits and leases in parts of the Superior National Forest near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a move opposed by ...
The bill would also return two key federal mineral leases to Twin Metals Minnesota, the company vying to build an underground mine for copper and nickel near Ely In this file photo from 2010 ...
The citizens board of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency this week approved rules aimed at reducing haze over Voyageurs National Park and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The board ...
The Fernberg Project road corridor stretches 15 miles east of Ely. The project includes mixed land ownership encompassing ...
On average, 150,000 to 160,000 people visit the Boundary Waters each year. This year’s bookings began on Jan. 29. Tens of thousands of people in Minnesota and across the country were on their ...
According to Thrillist, Minnesota ... cliffs lined with lighthouses and deep forests that conceal stellar hiking trails and ...