U.S. Department of Agriculture issues clarification after emergency order seeking to expand logging in national forests.

The U.S. Forest Service will not log in designated wilderness areas like the Boundary Waters, federal officials clarified ... in that acreage total, and a map accompanying the order made no ...

On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Tina Smith introduced the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection Act, legislation that would permanently ban new sulfide ore mining on 225,504 acres of federal forest ...

DULUTH, Minn. — The U.S. Forest Service will not log in designated wilderness areas like the Boundary Waters, federal officials clarified Tuesday evening, days after issuing an emergency order ...