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QUETICO SUPERIOR WILDERNESS NEWS:

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A guide to exploring the Boundary Waters with your dog

Bringing your dog to the Boundary Waters? Dogs are a fairly common sight in the BWCAW. You may see them nestled in the middle of packs, or on a portage trail carrying a dog pack…
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DNR cancels one Twin Metals lease, further protecting Boundary Waters and surrounding watershed

A few weeks after Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order halting nonferrous mineral leases near watersheds connected to the BWCAW, the Minnesota DNR issued a public notice canceling a Twin Metals mineral lease.

FIRE UPDATES:

Wildfire updates, park and entry point closures, campfire restrictions. Learn more about prescribed burns, and the history of fire in the wilderness of Minnesota/Canada border lakes region. More >


PARKS & REGIONS

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

Quetico Provincial Park

Voyageurs National Park

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FOCUS ON MINING :

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Stay up to date on proposed mining projects near the BWCAW and Superior National Forest Learn More >


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