Will you join them with a gift to support our nonprofit newsroom today? Lukas Leaf has been camping in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness for decades, but he fears that pressure on the ...

The Minnesota State Capitol rotunda was full for a rally to prevent mining in the Boundary Waters on Thursday May 8th. The rally was organized by multiple organizations including Sportsmen for the ...

ST. PAUL — U.S. Sen. Tina Smith and advocates for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area rallied Thursday, May 8, as the federal government makes moves on mining projects and public land sales.

Wide swaths of several wilderness areas, like the Boundary Waters, were included in that acreage total, and a map accompanying the order made no distinction between wilderness areas, where ...

Wide swaths of several wilderness areas, like the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, were included in that acreage total, and a map accompanying the order made no distinction between ...

On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Tina Smith introduced the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection Act, legislation that would permanently ban new sulfide ore mining on 225,504 acres of federal forest ...

It sits near the border of northern Minnesota and Ontario, Canada, in the Superior National Forest, and it drains into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The area was afforded a 20-year ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. As she stands in front of a massive map of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Becky Rom can trace the footsteps her father, Bill, made over this terrain n ...

Advocates say restoring mining in the boundary waters area would create around 700 jobs and wouldn't pollute the boundary waters. However, opponents like Chris Knopf, the executive director of ...

The prospect of a new copper-nickel mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) is sounding alarm bells among environmental groups. “Now that President Trump is in office ...

Following President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Trump administration could roll back on environmental regulations, putting the Boundary Waters Canoe Area at risk. Removing the regulations ...