As the month of July comes to an end this week, and August approaches, beach weather is not going well. However, on Sunday night, July 26, the National Weather Service Beach warnings issued To beaches in three different US states. Beaches are dealing with everything from massive 10-foot waves to freezing temperatures, creating “dangerous” conditions
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
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
While travelers tend to focus on national parks, large crowds can easily put off prepared adventurers. Fortunately, there is a wide open option beyond terra firma. Consider marine protected areas (MPAs). While the US claims 85 million acres of national park land, it has over 750 million acres within those MPAs. Essentially an aquatic version
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
This week, Labor secured a deal with the Greens to pass its reforms to capital gains tax exemptions and negative gearing. The Greens were unable to negotiate a more ambitious proposal to remove grandfathering or limit the number of negatively affected properties, but the party’s leader, Larissa Waters, says the deal was the best they