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Wildfire Burns Near Ely

Fire crews are battling a fire near Ely, MN. The fire was reported on Sunday afternoon and is burning on a peninsula between the west end of Cummings and the northeast side of Otter Lake. Current estimates place the fire at about 20 acres in size.

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Saving the Pow Wow Trail

The Forest Service is considering closing the 30-mile Pow Wow Trail through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, but one group of hikers is hoping to prevent that.

EPA Might Step in on Haze Control

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may step in and require stricter regulations for reducing taconite plant plant emissions than plans proposed by Minnesota and Michigan.

YMCA Camp Warren Turns 85

About two hours north of the Twin Cities, YMCA Camp Warren sits on Half Moon Lake near Eveleth, Minnesota. Once a summer home for the Warren Family, the land is now …

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Working Together to Protect Wilderness

The Summer 2012 Issue of Wilderness News is in the mail and now online.   The theme is Working Together to Protect Wilderness — check out a few highlights below.   What’s …

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Book Review: Bound for the Barrens

Bound for the Barrens By Ernest Oberholtzer Edited by Jean Sandford Replinger Mallard Island Books 2012 $19.95 Reviewed by Michael Peake. Originally published in Che-Mun, The Journal of Canadian Wilderness Canoeing …

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Keep it Wild, Keep it Free

Voices for the North Country: Readers respond to Wilderness News How fortunate we are in North America to have wild public lands where we can camp, travel and be part of …

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Meet Andrew Steiner

Quetico Superior Foundation Board Member Profile Please tell us what your involvement with the Quetico Superior Foundation means to you: The region holds many of my fondest memories. I find serenity …

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A New Model for Partnership

By Alissa Johnson Meet the Wolf Lake Citizen’s Monitoring Group. Together with the Forest Service, they’re proving that private landowners and the government can work together to care for land. The …

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Volunteer at Voyageurs National Park

Photo courtesy Voyageurs National Park Association

This September, get an inside look at Minnesota’s only National Park and help park rangers complete important conservation projects. Voyageur’s National Park is hosting its 2012 Volunteer Rendezvous on September 7 and 8, and nature lovers of all ages are invited to sign up for one or both days.

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Feds Temporarily Douse Fire Policy

In a temporary change in wildland firefighting policy, the U.S. Forest Service announced recently that it would now attempt to suppress all wilderness fires in an effort to conserve resources.