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Discover why Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area is the ultimate wilderness escape for summer 2025. Canoes, solitude, and serious wow factor.
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.
The Senate has asked the House to strike the reversal of the Boundary Waters mineral lease withdrawal from the Big Beautiful Bill.
Environmental activists are breathing a sigh of relief after a provision to open up the land near the Boundary Waters to mining was cut from the federal budget.
The body of a canoeist was found in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on Saturday. A capsized canoe was found around 2:17 p.m. by U.S. Forest Service employees on Iron Lake, near the ...
A worker was taken to the hospital after being trapped in water in a below-ground vault Tuesday in Comstock Township, ...
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 ...
A lakefront log home in Grand Rapids has listed for $1.85 million. The 5,300-square-foot home on Sunny Beach Road took two years to build, using locally harvested timber and Minnesota river stones.
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 ...
The bill has already passed in the House and is now facing pushback in the Senate, where one Minnesota senator is celebrating what she called a "big win" against the president's plan.
Sen. Tina Smith speaks at a rally to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area from federal moves on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at the Minnesota Capitol.