Environment

Canoeists eager to take a summer trip into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness can start making reservations Wednesday. But competition for those permits could be more intense this year after the Forest Service slashed the number of available slots.

Now the government is leaving, and moving the country's capital to the island of Borneo.

The case brought by Baltimore is one of more than 20 similar lawsuits nationwide that seek to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for their role in climate change.

The state appeals court has reversed a key permit for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine, sending it back to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for additional analysis of its impacts to groundwater. But in a mixed ruling, the court also sided with PolyMet and the MPCA on several issues.

A well-placed trail camera caught wolves, moose, bears, lynx and other creatures last fall in Voyageurs National Park. The recently posted footage offers a cool view on wilderness life in northern Minnesota.

The new initiative at Gatewood Elementary of Hopkins Public Schools is part of the school’s effort to become more environmentally focused.

Pipeline opponents are marking the one-year anniversary of the breach by calling for more accountability and details about the incident.

Large insurers are calling for urgent action on climate change after another year of costly catastrophic losses because of extreme weather.

From Moorhead to St. Louis Park, cities around the state are working with the Minnesota Cities Climate Caucus to draw local attention to the climate crisis, calling on state and federal governments for legislative and financial support. 

Interested in winter camping? Check out these tips from Kurt Mead, an interpretive naturalist at Tettegouche State Park on Minnesota’s North Shore, and avid outdoorswoman Miah Ulysse.