Army Corps of Engineers nixes northern Minnesota mine
A controversial mining project in Northern Minnesota encountered a potentially fatal setback when the Army Corps of Engineers revoked a critical Clean Water Act permit. Officials …
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Biden Administration Bans Mining in Boundary Waters Wilderness
First, the Tongass, now the Boundary Waters. The Biden administration has imposed a 20-year ban on new mineral development across 225,000 acres of national forest …
Forest Services Limits Boundary Waters Entry Permits
The U.S. Forest Service says it’s reducing the number of entry permits into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in 2022 because of natural resource …
Biden Administration Moves To Block Mining Near Boundary Waters
Score one for the good guys. The Biden administration on Wednesday announced that it would complete a major environmental analysis of mining near Minnesota’s Boundary …
The Gift of Wild
There is a special place in my heart for the Boundary Waters. The Nature Conservancy has acquired 2,110 acres of inholdings within Superior National Forest. …
Minnesota High Court Scraps Permit for Mine Near Boundary Waters
Some great news out of Minnesota. The Minnesota Supreme Court has dealt a setback to a controversial proposed mining project in the northeastern portion of …
Take Action To Save The Boundary Waters
Minnesota State Representative Kelly Morrison and State Senator Steve Cwodzinski Boundary Waters Permanent Protection Bill would permanently ban sulfide-ore copper mining on state lands on …
Artisan Canoe Giveaway Aims to Save the BWCA
Advocacy group Save the Boundary Waters has teamed up with Riverhorse and Merrimack Canoes – maker of Riverhorse’s canoe of choice – to give away …
It’s All Home Water: Paddling Past the Graveyard
Enjoy the words and photo essay by Nathaniel Riverhorse Nakadate and photographer Tony Czech that accompanied “A Northern Light,” their beautiful film about Minnesota’s Boundary …
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Encompassing over 1,000,000 acres, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is in peril from a proposed toxic copper mine on the park’s boundary. Patagonia …