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QUETICO SUPERIOR WILDERNESS NEWS:
Smelt are running on the shores of Lake Superior
Smelt season has officially arrived in Duluth. From the flickering headlamps of Park Point to the late night pulls of the seine nets, the annual spring run is more than just fishing—it’s a North Shore tradition 70 years in the making.
After 100 years, there’s evidence of a cougar reproducing in northern Minnesota
There is now evidence that cougars, which used to be native to Minnesota, are reproducing in the state again. A recent video shared by the Voyageurs Wolf Project caught a female cougar and three kittens on one of their trail cams.
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 >
PARKS & REGIONS
FOCUS ON MINING :
Stay up to date on proposed mining projects near the BWCAW and Superior National Forest Learn More >
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