Watch: Video and Song Celebrate Responsible Wilderness Recreation
Musicians and organization seek to inspire stewardship of the natural places where people are only visitors.
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Canoe Country Columnist Questions Quetico Cell Service
Sam Cook debates the pros and cons of finding out your phone has a signal on a remote wilderness lake.
Volunteers Needed for Trail and Portage Projects
Upcoming opportunities include events in Voyageurs National Park and the Boundary Waters.
‘Today’ Show Reports on Freemans’ Year in the Wilderness
NBC reporter travels to the Boundary Waters to interview married adventurers with two months left in their twelve-month trip.
Status Report: Border Country Birds
The loon’s famous song, echoing across wilderness lakes, makes solitude audible. It simply sounds like wilderness. Many other bird species also find the habitat they need to breed amid the forests, lakes, rivers, and wetlands of the Boundary Waters, giving unique voice to the wild landscape. Here, a tongue of Canada’s boreal forest creates ideal conditions for an array of bird species—for a few months each year.
Climate Change and the Disassembly of the North Woods
In an excerpt from John Pastor’s new book, What Should a Clever Moose Eat? Natural History, Ecology, and the North Woods, the author examines the impact of climate change on the North Woods and the personal responsibility that comes with it.
Three Decades of Superior Hiking
This summer, thirty years after a pair of trailbuilders first started flagging a hiking route along the ridges overlooking Lake Superior on Minnesota’s North Shore, the Superior Hiking Trail will be finished—mostly. The final section of the trail, connecting it to the Wisconsin border southeast of Duluth, should be completed by Labor Day. Hikers will then be able to travel from that point all the way to the Canadian border on the trail that has been called one of the best in America. But the work is never done. Hundreds of volunteers will continue to put in thousands of hours each year keeping the trail in good condition.
Climate Change in the Northwoods Part II: What Climate Change Means for the Boundary Waters Region
In this issue, we learn about some of the ways that climate change is expected to affect the Boundary Waters region.
What Climate Change Means for the Boundary Waters, Birds in the Border Country – Wilderness News Summer 2016
Read the new issue of the magazine, with stories covering thousands of square miles and wide-ranging topics.
Retired Regulator Says Water Studies Show Fragile Lakes Downstream of Twin Metals Proposal
Former MPCA official writes that White Iron Chain of Lakes have few natural defenses against mine pollution.
Strong Winds Strike Canoe Country, Falling Trees Kill Two Campers
Severe storms wreak havoc on wilderness, blocking roads and portages and harming visitors.
Mondale and Roosevelt Call National Attention to Northern Minnesota Mining Issue
Bipartisan partners pen commentary for the New York Times arguing to protect the wilderness watershed.
PolyMet Submits First Permit Applications for Proposed Mine
Company seeks to use water, discharge wastewater, and use dams around its tailings basins.
New Trail Completes Connection Between Voyageurs National Park and International Falls
The opening of the Rainy Lake Recreation Trail means it’s now possible to bike from the town to the park on designated routes.
New Leadership Announced at Superior National Forest
After Brenda Halter’s recent retirement, former LaCroix District Ranger Connie Cummins has been named the new boss.
Public input needed on decision about mining next to the Boundary Waters
Comment period opens up for major decision about the future of Twin Metals – or its end.
Man Fined for Snowmobiling in Quetico Park
Canadian pleads guilty to illegal motorized intrusion last winter.
Severe Storms Kill Camper, Injure Several Others in the BWCAW
A high school teacher who was the brother of a Minnesota Congressman died when a tree fell on him.
Federal Government Considers Rejecting Mining Rights Near the Boundary Waters
Forest Service offers chance for public to weigh in whether or not mines should be allowed in the wilderness watershed.
Voyageurs—A Must Visit National Park
The National Park of Minnesota’s north woods celebrates the Park Service’s Centennial. One hundred years ago this August 25th, President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Park Service. For the …