Lawmakers at the U.S. House of Representatives voted to lift a federal ban on mining in the Minnesota Boundary Waters Canoe ...

Federal lawmakers have taken a major step toward opening a tract of land near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...

The U.S. House of Representatives is voting Wednesday on a bill that would reverse a 20-year ban on mining in the Boundary ...

Like the fishing opener or a major marathon signup date, the last Wednesday of January has a celebratory feel for some ...

A proposal to repeal a ban on mining in northeastern Minnesota’s Superior National Forest is headed to the U.S. Senate ...

The Trump administration and members of Congress are making some unusual legislative maneuvers to roll back Boundary Waters ...

The resolution, which would allow mining of copper, nickel and other metals in the Superior National Forest south of the ...

"If you contaminate the headwaters, you don’t kill just one lake; you poison the entire bloodstream of Minnesota’s last ...

ELY, Minn. — What started with a small group of people is having a big impact on protecting the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Earlier this year, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland imposed a ...

A group of nine Minnesota businesses is suing the Trump administration, asserting irreparable harm from a U.S. Department of Interior decision to reinstate two long-expired mineral leases near the ...

The U.S. Forest Service on Saturday closed the popular Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota as the largest active wildfire in the state threatens the 1-million-acre property ...

Congressional Republicans have moved closer to lifting a 20-year ban on mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness ...