FINLAND, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service on Saturday closed the popular Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota as the largest active wildfire in the state threatens ...

The U.S. Forest Service will not log in designated wilderness areas like the Boundary Waters, federal officials clarified, days after issuing an emergency order intended to boost logging on ...

Thunderstorms that crossed the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on Tuesday night and Wednesday produced lightning that sparked several new forest fires, but officials said they didn't offer ...

Smoke from the Horse River fire rises from forests and swamps in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness northeast of Ely on Thursday, May 22. USDA Forest Service image by A. Kania Go Deeper.

Smoke from the Horse River fire rises from forests and swamps in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness northeast of Ely on Thursday. USDA Forest Service image by A. Kania Go Deeper.

The spectacular fire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area was 53 percent contained as of early this week, but it continued to creep and flare up and it still smolders in the memory of our friends, P ...