Greg Seitz 
A new short film produced by the University of Minnesota and partners including tribal fire specialists, seeks to regenerate respect for the positive impacts of fire on northern Minnesota’s ecosystem. In …
Agency seeks to restore wilderness experience by cutting quotas on 24 entry points to address congestion, violations, and wilderness degradation.
A new staff member with the U.S. Forest Service will provide dedicated communication and coordination with tribes and tribal entities in northern Minnesota.
Researchers use two decades of moose observations to understand how climate and harmful parasites interact.
“I named this place Listening Point because only when one comes to listen, only when one is aware and still, can things be seen and heard.” Stunning new footage of Listening Point is narrated with the influential essay…
Burned trees on Superior National Forest may be opened to loggers. Plan focuses on one percent of the area burned by this summer’s biggest fire in northeastern Minnesota.
Unusual autumn twister leaves four-mile path of downed trees across popular BWCA wilderness lakes.
Project seeks to connect farmers and foresters as they plan to increase reforestation efforts in northern Minnesota.
An outbreak of spruce budworms in northeastern Minnesota created conditions primed for ignition and likely fueled this summer’s wildfires.
Officials with the U.S. Forest Service have taken a decisive step toward long-term protection of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, resuming study, could lead to 20-year mining moratorium.
Federal agencies conducting research to understand threat of toxins produced by cyanobacteria
A new survey finds split opinions but strong desire to prevent pollution. 61 percent of respondents said they agree mining should be prohibited…
Rare wetland next to Lake Superior will be protected as new Scientific and Natural Area.
State agency will debate PolyMet tailings permit and evaluate overall regulations.
Several new trail systems have opened in past 10 years, bringing thousands of riders to region.
Feathers from harvested birds can provide information that will help track population.
Public input invited on significant expansion sought by popular resort. Considering increased opportunities for recreation and tourism with potential impact to old-growth forest.
Ten years after the biggest wildfire in a century, the forest is full of life, and reminders of the Boundary Waters inferno.
New reports detail pristine waters of northeastern Minnesota, threats to the health, and strategies to protect them.
Discovery of juvenile invasive mussels indicates population is reproducing in iconic border lake and potentially within Voyageurs National Park.