The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has suspended proceedings on the NewRange Copper Nickel project until August 2025. The company is studying potential changes to the project’s design as of…
The proposed sale of 80,000 acres of state-owned school trust land in the BWCA for an as of yet still undisclosed sum to the federal government has largely proceeded below…
Photo from MN DNR website. An attempt to rush through legislation transferring state forest land to the White Earth Band of Ojibwe appears to have hit a dead end for…
When the federal or state government swoops in to acquire land for wildlife refuges and other purposes, they’re supposed to reimburse counties for revenue lost as a result of removing…
More than a decade after a fluke discovery of helium while drilling for other minerals in northern Minnesota, a mining company plans to start excavations next month to confirm what…
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has never enjoyed a high approval rating with many sportsmen and women. But the agency’s hands-off policy on the burgeoning gray wolf population in…
A parent using the occasional bribe to coerce good child behavior is one thing, but this is ridiculous. Now the Department of Natural Resources is effectively paying kids to go…
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has been ordered by a court to review the state’s rules governing copper-nickel, and other non-iron mining. The agency is accepting public comment through…
It took decades for the US Fish and Wildlife Service to get to the point of removing the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List in late October. But it…
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources held a press conference to announce the agency’s decision to issue the Permit to Mine for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine in northern Minnesota.…
The proposed PolyMet copper-nickel, and precious metal mine took a major step forward as the Minnesota DNR has just issued the permit to mine, stating the project meets Minnesota’s environmental…
One of the world’s biggest gold mining companies will likely soon be expanding its exploration efforts for the precious metal in northern Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources posted…
The Duluth News Tribune ran an interesting story explaining that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has denied a petition for another environmental review which was sought by the environmental advocacy group…
Geologists have known about Minnesota's titanium ore deposits for a long time, but this new technology may make developing these resources profitable.