U.S. Forest Service officials who oversee the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) once again pleaded with visitors ...

Advocates say mining would create jobs and help the economy; opponents say mining will pollute the precious boundary waters.

The Fernberg Project road corridor stretches 15 miles east of Ely. The project includes mixed land ownership encompassing ...

The "Unleashing America's Energy" order, which Trump signed the day he took office, says undue burdens on mines should be ...

After former President Obama issued a mining moratorium in 2016, Donald Trump reversed it during his first term -- and ...

A House Natural Resources subcommittee will hear from experts about possible legislative changes to boost production.

But that doesn’t begin to describe the last non-Indigenous resident of the Boundary Waters, a woman who ran a resort catering ...

President Trump has long been on the record to undo the Biden administration's ban on mining and there are several ways Trump can do that – administratively and through Congress. But the ...

Northern Minnesota’s classic Gunflint Lodge is celebrating its 100th anniversary — and a new lodge. The Grand Marais resort’s ...

McCollum’s legislation, called the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act, would not restrict ...

While the political playing field has become more favorable for mining, the Republican’s proposals still face hurdles.

For Mondale, it was canoeing and casting for walleyes in northern Minnesota lakes. Mondale said he discovered the Boundary Waters at the age of 21 and strove to paddle in that wilderness every ...