“For as long as I’ve been exploring the great outdoors, I’ve been mesmerized by how I can hike my favorite spots over and over and it’s always a new experience. The seasons, weather, sun, and clouds bring surprise and delight to every hour of every day. No matter how many times I’ve done a hike, it’s never been the same twice.”
Ten years after the biggest wildfire in a century, the forest is full of life, and reminders of the Boundary Waters inferno.
Questions and answers about the wildfires consuming parts of northern Minnesota. Where do the animals go? How much of the BWCA has burned?
Superior Hiking Trail closed, Boundary Waters closed due to fires. Updated maps, photos from fires in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Superior National Forest as official information is available. Greenwood Fire grows, Moose Lake Fire detected…
Shooting stars will light up the night as public programs help visitors learn and enjoy the region’s dark skies.
Several fires are burning in Quetico, across a large area, near the border with Minnesota.
Forest Service will return to near normal permitting process as the public health threat passes.
Citizen science opportunity lets hikers share data that will help scientists understand how people affect animals.
Superior National Forest seeks comments on project that would officially designate dogsled trails, open campgrounds to off-road vehicles, and more.
A significant increase in visitors last year showed value of wilderness, while posing some challenges.
Members of Congress offer competing bills on copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
Permit holders will be required to receive training this year to help prevent problems seen last summer.
Mark Dayton: “…the only acceptable goal is permanent protection from copper mining near the Boundary Waters.”
Third preserve in canoe country region gets international recognition for lack of light pollution.
Expedition raises funds and awareness for Pine Ridge reservation with trek across Border Route Trail from Rainy Lake to Grand Portage.
GPS collar let scientists see where a wolf that was brought to Isle Royale as part of reintroduction effort went after crossing ice back to mainland.
New paper describes detailed ways that wolves use their prey’s sensory abilities against them — with unique research that required extensive exploration of boreal ecosystem.
Site used for thousands of years and during recent centuries played an important role in metal trade over huge spans of time.
The Minnesota Conservation Volunteer has been published by natural resources departments for nearly half the state’s history.
L. David Mech draws us into daily life as a graduate student on Isle Royale with wolves, moose, bush pilots, wilderness neighbors and his family. His groundbreaking research kickstarted one of the world’s longest ecological studies of wolves…