Jun. 5—DULUTH — If you are among the throng of paddlers making a canoe trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness this summer, you have Sigurd Olson to thank. You can't do that personally of ...

Ely author and conservationist Sigurd F. Olson, 82, died this week after suffering a heart attack while snowshoeing near his home. Olson, well-known for his books on the North American wilderness, had ...

Sigurd F. Olson is loved by many (and reviled by some). His writing celebrates the forests and waters of the Quetico-Superior region of Minnesota's far north and shows what Henry David Thoreau meant ...

Sigurd Olson is many things to many people -- environmentalist, conservationist, educator, scientist, writer, wilderness guide, troublemaker -- and his books have something for anyone who has an ...

The book contains his most consistently poetic writing and best captures what I described in the biography as his land aesthetic. It's probably the most consistent because it was his first, and some ...

BAXTER-The Brainerd Lakes Area Audubon Society and the Bee-Nay-She Bird Council will sponsor a program at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Northland Arboretum, 14250 Conservation Drive, Baxter. Speaker will be ...

We’re heading up to Saint Louis County to explore Listening Point, a serene cabin on Burntside Lake near Ely. Made famous by Minnesota conservationist and author Sigurd Olson, the area offers guided ...