Local groups push back against mining near Boundary Waters 04:16. ELY, Minn. — The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is currently protected from mining on federal land for the next 20 years ...

DULUTH — The Spice Lake Fire that began Tuesday in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness was still smoldering Thursday night as forest officials closed a large area of the wilderness ...

Congress removed a provision from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that would have allowed a mining project near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) on Tuesday June 10th.

The Boundary Waters are too precious. See you in court." In 2023, President Biden banned mining over approximately 225,000 acres of the Superior National Forest.

A provision that would have issued perpetual mineral leases near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has been struck from the House budget bill. It’s the latest victory in a monumental effort by ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Multiple lawmakers from Minnesota have introduced legislation concerning mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness this year. State Representatives Pete Stauber, R ...

In 2023, the Department of the Interior put a 20-year ban on all mining activity in the watershed that feeds the famed Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Now Congress is on the cusp of ...

Friends of the Boundary Waters and other organizations have successfully blocked other key permits in court. ... P.O. Box 18438 | Minneapolis, MN 55418 | 612.455.6950 ...