After being ruled too vague to protect rice or provide certainty to industries, state scientists will try to come up with a clearer way to implement research findings.
Married adventurers and advocates for mining protection are on their way to the capital to raise awareness of the Boundary Waters and its threats.
American Rivers has named the wilderness waters to its list for a second time in five years as critical decisions loom.
Rising costs and falling metal prices shed doubts on economic viability of the mine proposal.
Common chemical in industrial discharges has far-reaching effects on lakes, rivers, and the plants that live in them.
Seventy percent of registered voters oppose mine proposals that threaten to pollute canoe country.
Forest Service scales back analysis of proposed mining moratorium over objections of Boundary Waters advocates.
Newspaper reporter remembers formative years in Ely, learning about the conflict over copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters.
A bill restoring mineral rights near the Boundary Waters squeaked through the House of Representatives last week, but doesn’t yet have a Senate author.
Two bills seeking to speed up the Twin Metals and PolyMet mine proposals are being voted on this week in Washington, D.C.
State-sponsored studies sought to improve understanding of the complex ways sulfate harms the iconic plant.
Automation is revolutionizing the mining industry, quickly reducing employment and the potential economic impact of proposals in northern Minnesota.
Writer profiles the long-lasting conflict between wilderness proponents and mine workers.
After years of debate, scientists recommend a complex equation to calculate how much sulfate is safe to discharge into waters where wild rice grows.
The bipartisan effort was met by bipartisan opposition as Congress wrestled with proposal to withdraw lands in the wilderness watershed from mineral exploration.
Lifelong statesman and environmentalist argues canoe country is too precious to risk polluting with mine runoff.
Communications error results in extension of deadline to weigh in on withdrawing public lands from mining next to the wilderness.
Chilean billionaire suing to advance a proposed mine next to the Boundary Waters also owns the first daughter’s house.
Two hundred business large and small have signed on to a new campaign to protect canoe country and its economic benefits.
Rep. Kurt Daudt sent a letter to President Trump asking him to overturn Obama actions on mining near the Boundary Waters.