Northern Minnesota Republican Congressman Pete Stauber has reintroduced legislation to overturn a 20-year mining ban near the ...

Republican control in Washington could open the way for copper nickel mining efforts near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...

In his statement, Stauber says his bill would reinstate mineral leases in the area, describing that Biden's decision to ...

U.S. Forest Service officials who oversee the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) once again pleaded with visitors ...

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) reintroduced a bill on Jan. 21 to ban sulfide-ore copper mining in the Boundary Waters ...

The Fernberg Project road corridor stretches 15 miles east of Ely. The project includes mixed land ownership encompassing ...

For this Northern Minnesota lodge, the renewable energy source has made the difference between staying closed or reopening ...

ELY, MINNESOTA — If mines are developed in the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, an environmental ...

$25 million in outside spending flowed into races for the Minnesota Legislature in 2024 ... the way for copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Those stories and more in today ...

In the February 2025 episode of “Keep it Wild,” we learn more about hiking trails in the Boundary Waters Wilderness. Our ...

The bill would also return two key federal mineral leases to Twin Metals Minnesota, the company vying to build an underground mine for copper and nickel near Ely In this file photo from 2010 ...