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Revenue generated on school trust land from mining or logging goes back to Minnesota's public schools, but parcels in the Boundary Waters are protected from these activities.
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The Superior National Forest has closed one BWCA entry point and 22 forest roads. Twelve entry points were inaccessible late last week.
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Updating the management direction would help to preserve the wilderness character and protect valuable features there, according to officials, and the current plan is more than 30 years old.
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Lizz, Mulligan and Jap (Paulson) lakes are all located in the Boundary Waters area. All now have large northern pike populations, making stocking trout ineffective.
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The lake is near the shuttered Dunka taconite mining site. The site was closed almost 30 years ago and has long been a source of concern for water quality advocates.
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While the trails are maintained by volunteers with the organization, an integral contact for the organization is the Forest Service’s assistant district ranger. Since 2008, Jon Benson has filled this role at the Tofte Ranger District.
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Plus a town hall meeting will unpack the future of the Boys & Girls Clubs in Grand Rapids and Greenway, a billboard attributing 54,000 fawn deaths to Minnesota's wolves is scrutinized, and Sanford Bemidji offers a new remote patient monitoring service to help reduce avoidable admissions.
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The U.S. Forest Service announced the emergency forest order within the Superior National Forest in a news release Thursday night. The order prohibits visitor entry at specific campsites, portages and lakes, and pristine management areas near the site of the fire.
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John Owens' new wordless picture book explores the winter wonders of the BWCAW.
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Marshall Helmberger on Border News Roundup