It’s All Home Water: Paddling Past the Graveyard
Enjoy the words and photo essay by Nathaniel Riverhorse Nakadate and photographer Tony Czech that accompanied “A Northern Light,” their beautiful film about Minnesota’s Boundary …
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Encompassing over 1,000,000 acres, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is in peril from a proposed toxic copper mine on the park’s boundary. Patagonia …
House Democrat Trying To Enlist Trudeau In Fight To Save Boundary Waters
Betty McCollum has asked Ottawa to join her stand against a proposed mine in Minnesota. A U.S. House Democrat has been working to enlist the …
When Do Federal Agencies Get A Mulligan?
When they’re in front of a Trump-appointed judge. Advocates against mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters were hit with another setback Tuesday when a Washington, D.C., …
H.R. 5598 Boundary Waters Hearing
The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources met to consider the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act (H.R. 5598), which …
Republicans attack bill to block Minnesota wilderness mining
Go figure. House Republicans on Wednesday ripped into a bill that would block mining in about 340 square miles of sprawling wilderness in northeast Minnesota, …
Minnesota Court Tosses Key Permits for Copper Mine
In a victory for environmentalists, the Minnesota Court of Appeals dealt a blow to the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine Monday, overturning three key state permits that had …
Twin Metals Submits Plan to Mine Near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters
A controversial mining project near northeastern Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness took a step closer to becoming a reality Wednesday after Twin Metals submitted …
Forest Service retirees speak out on Twin Metals Mine
Nearly three dozen former Superior National Forest resource professionals have signed their names to a letter urging top officials in the Trump Agriculture and Interior …
Can Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Be Saved From Mining?
Outdoor enthusiasts associate Northeast Minnesota with the Boundary Waters, the country’s most-popular wilderness area. But to local folks it’s known as the Iron Range, so …