The Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, with reservations at Lake Vermilion, Nett Lake, and Deer Creek, purchased former timber company lands from national nonprofit The Conservation Fund.
Paddle, fish, hike, canoe-in or stay in a camper cabin, and enjoy a Boundary Waters landscape with state park amenities.
New research from the Voyageurs Wolf Project has found that wolves have drastically different personalities when it comes to hunting beaver.
Catastrophic floods are inundating parks, historic sites, resorts, homes, experts say water may rise another 10 inches this week.
Public and private groups plant more than 100,000 trees in areas burned in last summer’s Greenwood Fire. The blaze, which burned about 26,000 acres near Isabella, was the worst in several years.
While there are rules and guidelines everyone should follow, there are many different ways to plan a great camping trip. Check out these tips for beginners and ensure you’ll want to camp again.
Legislation authored by Rep. Betty McCollum would block mining on federal lands in the watershed of the BWCAW, was the subject of a hearing in a House of Representatives subcommittee yesterday.
As popular paddling destination Quetico Provincial Park reopens to Americans, maps show areas affected by major fires.
Water levels on Crane, Rainy, Namakan, and other border lakes are already high, and expected to keep climbing with late thaw, ice floes causing hazards.
Federal agency declares mine would cause pollution unacceptable to Fond du Lac Band.
Watch the Arrowhead region’s waterfalls roar through emerald green forests in spring, discover these spectacular waterfall hikes and plan a road trip to remember.
Spring has been slow to arrive in northern Minnesota this year, and it’s keeping the region cold.
Portages out of infested Rainy Lake will require precautions to prevent spread of invasive species.
Rainy River drainages are in good shape, and officials want to keep it that way.
The highest court in Minnesota announced this week that it will hear a challenge to a key permit for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota. It will consider the mine’s water pollution permit, and controversy…
Ford says she’d cross a thousand miles of wilderness to help more kids experience the outdoors, and her fundraising will make sure some do.
“Boundary Waters Traverse” follows Alex Falconer on long-distance run to raise awareness for wilderness.
Annual report says moose decline of past decade may have leveled off for now.
The Minnesota Water Report looks at six major challenges to clean water in the state, including proposed copper-nickel mines, agricultural runoff, discharges from wastewater treatment facilities, water availability, wildlife habitat, and inadequate environmental rules and laws.
In just a few days, it burned 93,000 acres of wilderness, and threatened the lives of Forest Service personnel and visitors. A series of events based in Ely covers forest management, the fire’s aftermath, and wildland firefighting.