Two mining claims in the San Juan National Forest’s Weminuche Wilderness have been returned to a wilderness designation, the U.S. Forest Service announced this week. In 2018, the Wilderness Land Trust ...

The Boundary Waters have long been a haven for Iowans, and we should speak up to reject a mining company's bid to sully it, writes Dan Cohen.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The future of copper-nickel mining near a pristine Minnesota wilderness area will be up for discussion this week. Both sides of the mining debate will gather Thursday for a forum ...

President Donald Trump has signed bills nullifying Biden-era environmental protections in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ...

A threat of development and vehicular access into the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness near the ghost town of Independence was eliminated Thursday thanks to teamwork by two Aspen-area conservation groups ...

WASHINGTON— Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today over its decision to renew 13 prospecting permits that could allow Twin Metals to significantly expand its proposed sulfide-ore ...

Hiking the 4-mile trail into Rock Lake from the Noxon, Montana, area weighed heavy on Jim Costello, especially after he met a budding family from Spokane. The couple were packing their toddler along ...

The Sarvis Creek Wilderness Completion Act was the subject of a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Public ...

The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday renewed two mineral leases near the Boundary Waters Wilderness area in Minnesota, a key step in opening the popular wilderness and recreation area up to ...

WASHINGTON― The Wilderness Society, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Izaak Walton League of America, represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit today in federal court in Washington, D.C., ...

There is wide praise for a decision to prevent mining in the remote Arkaroola wilderness region of outback South Australia. Premier Mike Rann and ministers have flown to the region to announce the SA ...

The chance is about to end for people to comment on the South Australian Government's plan to restrict mining in parts of Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary in the Flinders Ranges. Exploration company ...