From the column: "Public lands are not a left or right issue; they’re an American issue. This is our national heritage; and once it’s gone, it is gone forever." ...

A group of Iowa youth soothe their muscles in the clean, cool, wilderness waters of a small cascading waterfall in ...

There are tough portages, and then there are portages like the one Jim Kurz is undertaking. Kurz, 63, is walking from his hometown of Ladysmith, Wis., to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness ...

Arriving at the wilderness estate is "like driving to your own secluded resort in the Boundary Waters," the listing reads.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is closed to visitors for the next week as crews fight growing fires in the area, according to Superior National Forest officials. The ...

BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA WILDERNESS, Minn. – Every paddle stroke sprinkled water drops, reflecting the setting sun like sparklers across the black, glacier-carved lake. Just a few hours earlier, I ...

Dave and Amy Freeman return to their 19-foot Wenonah Itasca canoe to attempt an amphibious ice-to-lake transit while still dealing with wild weather. Ice-out in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...

We are nearly a month in since permits were made available for camping in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Although what’s the outlook this spring for people wanting to explore the BWCA? The U.S.

The Superior National Forest has extended the closure in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness until Sept. 3 due to active and increasing fire activity, extreme drought, and limited resources. The ...

The Boundary Waters have long been a haven for Iowans, and we should speak up to reject a mining company's bid to sully it, writes Dan Cohen.