Skip to main content

Newsroom

Browse our latest forest news releases below.

Public Affairs Office
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (Closed on federal holidays)
 

If you are a reporter working on a story about Superior National Forest, please email the following information to our Public Affairs Officer, Joy VanDrie (joy.vandrie@usda.gov with Subject Line: Media Inquiry)

  • Your name and contact information
  • Your media outlet affiliation
  • Story idea and topics you would like to discuss with Superior staff
  • Story deadline
  • When the story will be published
  • If you need photography

Effective beginning 06/02/2025: 

This website, and all linked websites under the control of the agency, is under review and content may change.

Please sign up under on our Keep in Touch webpage to receive newsletters right to your email inbox.

Latest Newsletter

Four horses tied to a winter haul sled stacked with cute trees/timber surrounded by forest in a black and white photo.
February 24, 2026

Superior Stories

With plenty of snow across northeastern Minnesota, February is a great month to visit the Superior National Forest. Enjoy these longer days, usually…
View All Newsletters

Recent Press Releases

New Wildfire Impacted Area Forest Closure Order

Release Date: September 30, 2026

Superior National Forest begins prescribed fires

Release Date: September 23, 2026

Superior National Forest begins prescribed fires

Release Date: September 21, 2026
View All Press Releases

Features

A group of people wearing hard hats in a circle by a kiosk in the forest.

A Long History of Fire

The Superior National Forest covers three million acres, including one million designated Wilderness. In this landscape, people have lived, worked,…
A large group of people stand in two rows in front of pine trees outdoors with hardhats and green shirts on

Conservation is Cool

In looking for something completely different, students from across the country joined the Superior National Forest this summer through…
Gear, paddles and firefighters on a dock on a lake with a float plane

Ely Seaplane Base: Beavers in Fire Management and Wilderness Stewardship

In July 2026, lightning storms started numerous wildfires across 432 square miles of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) within…
Large stacks of wooden pallets in an outdoor area.

Charred, not wasted: Putting burned trees to work

After wildfire, many assume burned trees mean wasted wood. In the case of the Brimson Complex wildfire, which burned National Forest System and…
View All Features
Return to top