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QUETICO SUPERIOR WILDERNESS NEWS:
How would reversing the Roadless Rule affect the Superior National Forest?
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins recently announced plans to withdraw the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which protects 59 million acres of National Forest from new roads and timber harvests. In Minnesota, many of these areas border the BWCA. If implemented, the change could significantly affect how parts of the National Forest are managed.
Massive wild rice seeding boosts St. Louis River Estuary
South of Duluth, volunteers launched canoes and cast 4,200 pounds of wild rice seeds across the St. Louis River Estuary. The seeds will settle, sprout in spring, and help restore a plant that once dominated these waters.
FIRE UPDATES:
Wildfire updates, park and entry point closures, campfire restrictions. Learn more about prescribed burns, and the history of fire in the wilderness of Minnesota/Canada border lakes region. More >
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Stay up to date on proposed mining projects near the BWCAW and Superior National Forest Learn More >
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