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STAFF BLOG NEWS TRIBUNE ATTIC July 4 BWCAW blowdown
Today the Attic offers the second installment of two significant Northland events that marked their 10-year anniversaries this week. On July 4, 1999, Mother Nature sent a furious wind strom through th...
Posted on 7/3/09 at 4:00 AM
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency board approves BWCAW, Voyageurs haze rules 
Complex rules aimed at reducing haze over Voyageurs National Park and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness were approved Tuesday by the citizen’s board of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
By Associated Press staff , April 25, 2012
MPCA board to revisit Voyageurs, BWCAW haze rules
The citizens board of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is taking another crack at approving rules meant to cut the haze that sometimes clouds the views at Voyageurs National Park and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
By Associated Press report , April 24, 2012
Lawsuit over BWCAW cell phone tower tests state ‘scenic’ law
In a case with major implications for development around publicly owned natural areas, the Minnesota Court of Appeals will decide how a state law applies to a cell phone tower that has been proposed on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
By Josephine Marcotty , April 06, 2012
145 acres of trees charred by Pagami fire salvaged for mill
They may look charred on the outside, but thousands of trees scorched by last autumn’s Pagami Creek fire are being salvaged for a lumber mill in Grand Marias.
By John Myers , March 10, 2012
Iron Range DFLers: Feds should pay for burned trees in BWCAW
The lawmakers say some of the 93,459 acres that burned in the fire are technically owned by the state and that any value of any timber lost in the fire should be reimbursed.
By John Myers , September 27, 2011
Forest Service defends BWCAW fire effort
Stung by criticism, forest leaders say the Pagami Creek fire was “unprecedented.”
By John Myers , September 22, 2011
More rain dampens BWCAW fire
More than 700 people, several aircraft and heavy equipment continued to battle the blaze officials say is 94,000 acres in size.
By News Tribune staff , September 20, 2011
Some entries reopened as rain slows Boundary Waters fire
Only BWCAW entry points and routes leading into the immediate fire area remain closed.
By John Myers , September 19, 2011
Owners of two 'mystery cars' in fire zone found safe in BWCAW
She kept calling. All week long, Jodi Rist worried about her father and brother, who entered on Sunday what would become a danger zone in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
By Mike Creger , September 17, 2011
BWCAW fire clears way for new growth
Sometime a couple of summers from now, long after the last embers of the Pagami Creek fire have smoldered and died, a moose will walk into a stand of 3-foot-tall birch saplings and begin to munch.
By John Myers , September 17, 2011
Boundary Waters fire: Division X holds southern fire line
Calm winds, cool temperatures and higher humidity was helping Tom Shackman, the Division X fire boss, make progress along the part of the fire nearest Isabella, Highway 1 and Finland.
By John Myers , September 15, 2011
Rain, cold and crews slow BWCA fire
Temperatures rose only into the upper 40s, the kind of cooler, moist air that makes it harder for a fire to get up and run like it did Monday in 80-degree temperatures.
By John Myers , September 14, 2011
Michigan couple survives night surrounded by Pagami Creek fire
TOFTE — Greg Welch said he thought his life would end in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
By Brittany Berrens , September 14, 2011
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