...Thursday said the park's superintendent should either step down or be removed from her post. Rep. Irv Anderson said Barbara West has been unwilling to work with local interests in the development of a master plan for the park. West denied the charges...

...forward with plans for a county-sponsored snowmobile race in Voyageurs National Park this weekend. Park Superintendent Barbara West refused to issue a permit to the nonprofit snowmobile group that has run the event for years, saying the "radar run...

...National Park, now that a study has found no link between human use and wolf activity in those areas. Park Superintendent Barbara West said 4,667 acres of lake surface previously closed to the public since 1992 will reopen this winter. The affected...

...defiance of the National Park Service, which had refused to issue a permit for the event. Voyageurs Superintendent Barbara West had refused to issue a permit to the nonprofit snowmobile group that has run the event for years, saying the "radar...

...Park this weekend, in spite of the park superintendent's refusal to grant a permit to do so. Park Superintendent Barbara West said the "radar run" challenge set for Saturday on Lake Kabetogama in northern Minnesota would violate national park...

...notified Voyageurs that its biologists first must sign off on the decision. Late last month, Voyageurs Superintendent Barbara West announced that after a biological study of the issue, no data supported keeping the bays off-limits to humans. She...

...for years. They say park management has restricted access for local residents and held down economic development. Barbara West, superintendent of the 218,000-acre park, said the plan would continue most limits on snowmobiles and water scooters...

...Voyageurs National Park," said Dan Stinnett of the agency's Twin Cities field office. Voyageurs Superintendent Barbara West said she learned of the decision last week. The Park Service closed the bays in 1992 because it was believed wolves...

...enough visitors to the park the way it is. So why in the world are they ... trying to railroad this thing?" But Barbara West, supervisor of Voyageurs, said the public comment period was extended once back in August, and another extension...

...their lease, but like others, have had little luck. "It's so hard for people," acknowledges park Superintendent Barbara West. "It's a very difficult thing for us. We're obviously convinced that there's this greater public purpose that...