The move comes months after Congress voted to end a ban on mining in the area, reviving prospects for a controversial copper-nickel mine.

Four months after Congress reversed a ban on mining over about 350 square miles in the watershed of the northeastern Minnesota wilderness, Gov. Tim Walz has issued a state executive order to block cop...

From columnist Jill Burcum: The hypocrisy of celebrating Roosevelt’s legacy so soon after dealing a serious blow to the natural treasure that is the Boundary Waters is hard to miss — and even harder t...

The climate transition needs more mining. But does it need this mine?

From the column: "Mining companies do a poor job of predicting how much pollution mines will generate."

“Congress should follow the law.” That statement by U.S. Sen. Tina Smith following the 50-49 Senate vote last week that purportedly overturned a 20-year sulfide mining ban on about 225,000 acres …

The senators knew they faced long odds in preserving Boundary Waters protections. They fought on fiercely anyway, columnist Jill Burcum writes.

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota is filled with more than a thousand lakes and rivers. But a recent vote in congress to allow mining nearby could threaten the preserve's waterways.

This is not a drill: The Senate is poised to blow up Boundary Waters mining protections, columnist Jill Burcum writes.

Sigurd Olson is a legend among conservationists, paddlers, and those who love Canoe Country. He was one of the most influential advocates for protecting the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

From the column: "In Minnesota, U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Hermantown, is leading the charge to turn public lands over to a foreign mining company owned by a billionaire from Chile."

To protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from toxic sulfide-ore copper mining, we need permanent protection at both the state and federal levels.

To dip or not to dip? That is the question many people ask when venturing into the Boundary Waters.

Our interview with Minnesota conservationist Becky Rom frames the debate over a controversial copper and nickel mine proposed for the BWCAW.  She mentions rejection of science, potential conflicts of ...

Congress could hand over the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to the Trump administration, which has already shown its contempt for science and conservation.

"Behind the smoke bombs and tear gas and rubber bullets (and real bullets), another assault is happening, an assault on our public lands," Tony Jones writes.

Save the Boundary Waters was in Washington, D.C., and met face-to-face with members of Congress and their staff to defend America’s most-visited Wilderness.

Exploratory drilling near Birch Lake has renewed attention on the differing policies governing state and federal lands in and around the Boundary Waters watershed. Franconia Metals, a subsidiary of Tw...

From the column: " Minnesotans support mining in general but agree that some places are too special, too unique, and too important for mining to be allowed."

From Trampled by Turtles' Dave Simonett: "The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is the largest wilderness area east of the Mississippi River, the gem of the Midwest and under constant threat of ru...

The state has held on to the BWCA land for decades, hoping to trade with the Feds for timberland.