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

Often described as a pristine wilderness, Minnesota's Boundary Waters is now steeped in a renewed effort to fend off mining ...

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

Legislation concerning to regional sportsmen introduced by Rep. Pete Stauber (R-Minn., 8th) passed the House of ...

Leaders and supporters with the national Save the Boundary Waters coalition gathered this week to voice opposition to a ...

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

On January 21, 2026, The U.S. House of Representatives voted to overturn federal protections that prevent copper-nickel sulfide mining upstream of the BWCAW, following a joint resolution filed by ...

If signed into law, a new bill would strip protections from more than 350 square miles of the Boundary Waters's watershed and ...

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

U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, who co-chairs the bipartisan Public Lands Caucus, was instrumental in passing a vote which overturned a ...

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 ...

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