The sudden and, for some, unpredictably quick call to close the entire Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness last Saturday left the outdoors community thunderstruck, not least the outfitters whose ...

From her outfitting business on the doorstep of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA), Clare Shirley can't help but think the U.S. Forest Service went too far in reducing permit availability for the ...

Tired of waiting for the U.S. Forest Service to make good on an agreement to analyze commercial towboat service in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a wilderness group has revived a lawsuit ...

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Businesspeople in Ely could breathe a sigh of relief Wednesday evening — in between phone calls with customers — after the Superior National Forest Service announced it was reopening parts of the ...

With other BWCA outfitters, organizations and nonprofits sued the U.S. Dept. of the Interior to prevent a copper sulfide mine outside the wilderness area. Borrowing a page from Patagonia, which ...

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 ...

Question: I am interested in paddling the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota next summer and know nothing about permits, outfitters, places to put in, preparation, etc. I’d appreciate info on all ...

Clare, owner of Sawbill Canoe Outfitters in Tofte, gives us her top five tips... Clare, owner of Sawbill Canoe Outfitters in Tofte, gives us her top five tips for having a great time in the BWCA.

Adventure Adviser: Considering all the rental and retail operations within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, you’d be surprised at how few actually offer guided paddling trips. The best of them, Piragis ...

ELY, Minn. (AP) — Ely is typically teeming this time of year with visitors heading out on or returning from excursions into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. But about the only cars in the ...