State officials have given the go-ahead to Franconia Minerals, a subsidiary of Twin Metals, to conduct exploratory drilling ...

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to lift restrictions on copper-nickel mining that the Biden administration imposed near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness ...

In 1909, Spanish-American War veteran and Medal of Honor recipient President Theodore Roosevelt established the Superior National Forest “for the use and benefit of the people.” Since then millions of ...

The beloved Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northern Minnesota is not only revered for its beauty but also for what we don't see. Deep underground lay some of the richest untapped mineral ...

Nearly 50 years after the creation of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, the state of Minnesota will sell more than 80,000 acres it owns inside the wilderness area to the U.S. Forest Service.