The U.S. Forest Service has announced plans to buy more than 6,200 acres of land in the Superior National Forest from a conservation group. In a decision memo issued last week, Superior National ...

To get to the trailhead, drive south on Highway 1 from Ely for about 42 miles, or about 28 miles north of Finland, Minn., before turning onto Jensen Trail road, also known as Forest Road 949B.

DULUTH, Minn.— Conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today, saying their approval of the PolyMet open-pit copper mine and ...