After six years, the controversial plan to mine next to Georgia’s beloved Okefenokee Swamp has been halted. The Conservation Fund, a nonprofit organization specializing in the acquisition of at-risk ...

Welcome to Ely, Minnesota – the gateway to the Boundary Waters and quite possibly the most charming small town you’ll ever fall in love with.

There’s a magical little pocket of Minnesota where time seems to move at the pace of a canoe gliding across still water, where the night sky explodes with stars you forgot existed, and where strangers ...

In a post on X last Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a plan to cancel the mineral withdrawal from the ...

A hidden provision in the newly passed House's budget bill could permanently hand over nearly 6,000 acres of public land near ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says former state House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed in a politically ...

Here's a quick recap of some of the most impactful resource sector news items for the week. The period saw the Trump ...

President Donald Trump's administration is moving to lift restrictions on copper-nickel mining that the Biden administration ...

The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to lift restrictions on copper-nickel mining that the Biden administration imposed near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern ...