Sign up for the Outdoor Life newsletter Get the latest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. Evacuation of people is underway in Minnesota boundary waters More than a dozen wildfires spread rapidly during peak season in the Canoe Area Wilderness, the most visited forest in the country. The U.S. Forest Service announced an emergency public-access closure
Updated July 15, 2026 04:17 pm Thursday, July 9, was a perfect day in northern Minnesota: high temperatures in the 70s Fahrenheit, light breeze and blue skies. I checked the forecast before turning off my phone and stuffing it in my pack for the duration of our four-day trip into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness was already having a bad year. President Donald Trump signed in April HJ Res. 140Overturned a 20-year-old rule that protected 225,504 acres of the Superior National Forest from mineral and geothermal leasing. The decision reopened surrounding national forest lands to potential mineral development. Now, wildfire has completely closed the
Rescue workers had to remove a hiker from a Minnesota protected area after he was injured by a bladed instrument under unexplained circumstances. boundary waters at sunset (Photo: Willard via Getty) Published June 29, 2026 04:56 pm First responders had to airlift a pedestrian 12-mile Angleworm Trail On May 26, officers in the Boundary Waters