A federal ban on mining in the Minnesota Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA) expected to protect the lands for 20 ...
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Environmentalists are sounding the alarm on the potential harm of a precious metals mine that could be built on the doorstep of Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Meanwhile, those who ...
Minnesota officials have proposed selling approximately 80,000 acres of school trust land scattered throughout the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to the federal government, which already ...
ELY, Minn. — The Biden administration has dealt what could be a serious blow to the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northeastern Minnesota. The ...
ELY, Minn. — What started with a small group of people is having a big impact on protecting the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Earlier this year, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland imposed a ...
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to lift a ban on mining in the Minnesota Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. This comes after President Trump removed several environmental protections put ...
On January 21, 2026, The U.S. House of Representatives voted to overturn federal protections that prevent copper-nickel sulfide mining upstream of the BWCAW, following a joint resolution filed by ...