Film about running across Boundary Waters nominated for international award
“Boundary Waters Traverse” follows Alex Falconer on long-distance run to raise awareness for wilderness.
“Boundary Waters Traverse” follows Alex Falconer on long-distance run to raise awareness for wilderness.
New materials help teachers share challenges and hopes of restoring wolves to unique National Park in Lake Superior.
Biden administration revokes Twin Metals mineral rights for proposed copper-nickel mine. Secretary Deb Haaland stated: “After a careful legal review, we found the leases were improperly renewed in violation of applicable statutes and regulations, and we are taking action to cancel them.”
Discussions will cover proposed plan to prohibit new mining activities in locations that threaten BWCAW, if successful, the prohibition would effectively block the proposed Twin Metals mine.
Agency seeks to restore wilderness experience by cutting quotas on 24 entry points to address congestion, violations, and wilderness degradation.
“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…
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.
State agency will debate PolyMet tailings permit and evaluate overall regulations.
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.
Forest Service will return to near normal permitting process as the public health threat passes.
Wolves, moose, climate change on Isle Royale. New documentary shows how wolf decline is interwoven with ice and exploding moose population, and the debate over what people should do about it.
“Where else can you run 100 miles and not have to carry water with you? That clean water is worth protecting.”
A series of rulings has offered wins and losses for both environmental groups and mining proponents.
An influential advocate for protecting northern Minnesota’s natural treasures, instrumental in Voyageurs National Park and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area we know today.
BWCAW is #3 on the list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers, threatened by pollution from proposed mine.
Letter requests new administration complete its analysis of whether mining can be done safely in Boundary Waters watershed.
With international border still closed, foundation invites participants to carry a canoe the same distance as one of the park’s portages.
Government attorneys, engineers, and scientists hit the brakes on both proposed mines in Minnesota’s northwoods.
Mark Dayton: “…the only acceptable goal is permanent protection from copper mining near the Boundary Waters.”