The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is the nation's most visited wilderness and the heart of northeastern Minnesota's booming tourism industry, supporting over 17,000 local jobs. Photo: PV Stock/Alamy M ining has a long history in Minnesota's iron ranges, but the approach Twin Metals is proposing, known as sulfide mining, hasn't yet been tried in the state. Interior Department on Wednesday renewed two long-mothballed leases near the Boundary Waters Wilderness area in Minnesota, . Minnesota Rep. Betty McCollum read aloud from their letters on the House floor, and the amendment was withdrawn. One of the world's largest untapped copper deposits lies in and around the vast, isolated Boundary Waters on Minnesota's border with Canada. . Minnesota's clean water is under threat in several ways with the largest threat being proposed copper-sulfide mining projects like PolyMet and Twin Metals. One of these, the PolyMet Mining Corporation, has been locked in a battle to open Minnesota's first copper-sulfide mine near the tiny town of Babbitt for over 17 years. It would put the clean water, wildlife and wilderness values of Boundary Waters at risk. This mining puts the wilderness area's watershed, fish and wildlife, Tribal treaty rights, and nearly $100 million annual local recreation economy at risk. . (A. Strakey via Flickr) (CN) — The Biden administration has revoked a lease for a controversial copper-nickel mining project near Minnesota's Boundary Waters, effectively stopping the project in its tracks. More than 1 million acres, it extends nearly 150 miles along the international boundary adjacent to Canada's Quetico Provincial Park and is bordered on the west by Voyageurs National Park. Scott Strand Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy. The Boundary Waters are under threat from proposed sulfide-ore copper mining on adjacent lands. Minnesotans love Lake Superior, the Boundary Waters, North Shore, and all of Northern Minnesota—and we are deeply concerned about proposals to develop copper/nickel (also called sulfide ore) mining in the region including PolyMet and Twin Metals. Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer. Listen Twin Metals submits formal plans for mine near the Boundary Waters The Kawishiwi River flows near Ely, Minn. Twin Metals is proposing to build an underground copper-nickel mine near Ely and. The decision is a reversal of a Trump-era legal opinion, giving conservation advocates hope that nearly a quarter-million acres bordering the . A vast system of glacial lakes and rivers is connected by over 1200 miles of canoe routes and portages, 12 hiking trails, and over 2000 campsites [1]. A Chilean mining giant's bid to construct a massive underground copper-nickel mine just a few miles from Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has hit another major snag. Take action today. It is on the Vermilion Iron Range, and is historically home to several iron ore mines.. Ely's main street is lined with outfitters, outdoor clothing stores, and restaurants. The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources today announced a hearing for Rep. Betty McCollum's Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act (HR 2794) on May 24, 2022. ST. PAUL, Minn. (CN) —The Minnesota Supreme Court has dealt a setback to a controversial proposed mining project in the northeastern portion of the state, giving cause for celebration to environmental groups who argue that the mine would threaten the state's waterways and especially the Boundary Waters. It is the largest Wilderness east of the Rockies and north of the Everglades. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20, 2021 - Today the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior announced actions to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and surrounding watershed in northeastern Minnesota, a unique natural wonder and one of the jewels of the National Wilderness Preservation System.. Proposed sulfide-ore copper mining threatens these waters and forests. The move is a direct blow to Twin Metals Minnesota LLC, which had proposed to build an underground mine in the same watershed as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness near the state's border . Kraker, Dan. The Interior Department's actions nix the two mineral leases held by Twin Metals Minnesota LLC, a subsidiary of Chilean mining company Antofagasta PLC. Sincerely, Paul Austin Conservation Minnesota Paul Danicic Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness Scott Strand Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy Conservation Minnesota 1101 West River Parkway, Suite 250 Minneapolis, MN 55119 612.767.2444 Not good for Minnesota ‹ Ham Run Makes the Top 50 List A Green Thanksgiving › The Biden administration has taken a major step toward banning copper mining on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Oyster Lake in Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. This is no place for sulfide-ore copper mining. Additional bills set to be proposed by state lawmakers and U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum ask to block copper mining on federal lands in the . "Twin Metals Dealt a Major Setback: Agencies Decide not to Renew Mineral Leases for Mine Project." The Timberjay, December 22, 2016. Losing the Boundary Waters wouldn't just cost us a world-class wilderness, it could cost us 18,000 jobs and $850 million in regional economic activity driven by tourism. Those who live in northern Minnesota have seen a loss of jobs in the last year. The department renewed Twin Metals Minnesota's leases for hardrock mineral mining near northeastern Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in 2019. The decision, filed by . "The Trump administration's scheme to turn this breathtaking region into an industrial mining wasteland can . January 27, 2022. The Biden administration has canceled two leases near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness — a remote, lake-pocked region at the center of a blistering fight over whether to mine . The $1 billion project . steps to shield Boundary Waters from . Twin Metals is proposing to build an underground copper-nickel mine near Ely and close to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. In a memorandum to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland on Tuesday . Not good for Minnesota Located at the edge of the Boundary Waters and owned by the Chilean-mining conglomerate Antofagasta, this toxic mine would be all but guaranteed to pollute America's most popular . More than five years since the federal government first proposed a 20-year mining ban across a large swath of federal land south of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, federal officials once. The Wilderness Society, Izaak Walton League of America, and the Center for Biological Diversity filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. A canoe on the Kawishiwi River in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. A lawsuit challenging the adequacy of Minnesota's non-ferrous mining rules to protect the Boundary Waters has also led to a Department of Natural Resources review of whether those rules should be amended. Renowned for its natural beauty, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is the most visited area in the National Wilderness Preservation System. In response to broad concerns about potential impacts of mining on the wilderness area's . "Feds Slam Brakes on Copper-Nickel Mine Near . Minnesota is known as the land of 10,000 lakes and sky-blue waters, yet, Minnesota's status as a clean water state is taken for granted. According to Wahpeton Daily News, Minnesota lost 337 jobs in the mining and logging industry in 2016. PolyMet Mine. The Boundary Waters is the crown jewel of Minnesota, the most visited Wilderness Area in the country and a special place for millions of Americans who love hunting, fishing, paddling and outdoor recreation. Minnesota's 29-year-old nonferrous mining siting rules prohibit mines in the Boundary Waters but allow them along waters that flow into the popular outdoors getaway. Minnesota's 1976 statutory ban on mining within the Boundary Waters is meaningless if state rules allow mining in the Wilderness headwaters that will degrade the waters of the Wilderness and the ecosystem of which the Wilderness is a part. The Boundary Waters are incredibly significant to Indigenous communities in northern Minnesota. Bjorhus, Jennifer. Conservation Minnesota 1101 West River Parkway, Suite 250 Minneapolis, MN 55119 612.767.2444. "It was our first official victory on behalf of the Boundary Waters.". The Kawishiwi River flows near Ely, Minn., in June 2019. In their opposition to the mining project, Ojibwe tribes have noted that the Boundary Waters have been used by Chippewa people for centuries and are still used by Indigenous people today to harvest fish and Manoomin, or wild rice. Minnesota lawmakers are doubling their efforts to prevent mining companies from getting a foothold in Minnesota with legislation that should slow or completely outlaw copper-nickel mining on the Iron Range. As part of that process, federal agencies will conduct a two-year study of potential impacts to natural and cultural resources. Send any friend a story The leases, reinstated during the Trump years, would have allowed a Chilean mining conglomerate to dig for copper and nickel near the Boundary Waters wilderness in Minnesota. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness - BWCA, protected as a true American wilderness, has changed little since the glaciers melted. Most of the lakes are only reachable by canoe. The U.S. One of these, the PolyMet Mining Corporation, has been locked in a battle to open Minnesota's first copper-sulfide mine near the tiny town of Babbitt for over 17 years. A controversial mining project near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness may be dead after the Biden administration canceled two mineral leases on Wednesday. Just to its. The administration made a . The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources today announced a hearing for Rep. Betty McCollum's Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act (HR 2794) on May 24, 2022. The department renewed Twin Metals Minnesota's leases for hardrock mineral mining near northeastern Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in 2019. 0. The congresswoman lambasted Perdue for the last-minute cancelation of a two-year study meant to determine if mining should be allowed on the doorstep of Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area . Minnesota voters overwhelmingly oppose new mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, according to a new Star Tribune/MPR News Minnesota Poll. Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Superior National Forest are under threat of a sulfide-copper mine being proposed nearby. She believes state and federal mining regulations are not sufficient to maintain the integrity of the Boundary Waters, an opinion shared by the former head of Minnesota's Department of Natural . Sunset over Pose Lake, a small lake located inside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Interior Department will not allow mining in two areas near the Boundary Waters Wilderness Area in northern Minnesota, the department said Wednesday. Outfitters in Ely, an old mining town and jumping-off point for the Boundary Waters, were busily processing permit applications Wednesday when the Twin Metals news broke. April 28, 2021 at 8:52 a.m. U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum has reintroduced a bill that would permanently prevent copper-nickel mining within the same watershed as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area . Threatening Lake Superior and thousands of people who live downstream, the PolyMet copper-sulfide mine is a snowplow that would clear the way for future copper-sulfide mining near the Boundary Waters and in Minnesota. The reversal by Biden on the two leases follows an October decision to move forward with a study that could lead to a 20-year ban on mining upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. In 2015, Al Jazeera America notes, "projects that would bring much needed jobs [to the Minnesota boundary waters] could also ruin irreplaceable drinking water." A 2016 study estimated that the Boundary Waters alone . Along with the Superior National Forest, it contains 20% of all the freshwater in the entire National Forest System. Minnesota DNR plans review of mining risk to Boundary Waters Twin Metals says its design would protect the wilderness, but opponents say it's too risky to allow any copper-nickel mining upstream . Boundary Waters Supporters are gathering . NMW's lawsuit under MERA utilizes that crucial state law to challenge the nonferrous mining rules that . "It was pretty cool to be able to see how big of an impact we can have," Goldstein says. Canoeing, and fishing opportunities are nearly endless on the more than 2,000 lakes and streams found within the forest. The Boundary Waters are under threat from proposed sulfide-ore copper mining on adjacent lands. The Boundary Waters, a vast landscape of protected lakes and forests along the border with Canada, provide habitat for thousands of species, including the gray wolf and Canada lynx. The Department of Natural Resources on Monday laid out its plan for the review, which . This wild freshwater haven will be gravely threatened by acid mine drainage, if mining occurs on . Renowned for its natural beauty, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is the most visited area in the National Wilderness Preservation System. PolyMet's proposed copper-sulfide mine is approximately 12 miles south of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Chris D'Angelo Environment Reporter, HuffPost The fight to permanently protect the Boundary Waters from the effects of risky sulfide-ore copper mining just gained more momentum. State Highway 1 (), State Highway 169 and County Road 21 (Central Avenue) are the main . Paul Danicic Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness. With 1,500 miles of canoe routes, nearly 2,200 designated campsites, and more than . The fight over whether to allow copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of northeastern Minnesota is shifting to St. Paul. Located in Northeastern Minnesota, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is not only crucial habitat to countless endangered species, but also is a key driver of the region's economy—drawing. On January 26, the Biden Administration dealt a potentially fatal blow to a proposed mining project near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota. Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today over its May 2019 renewal of two mineral leases that pave the way for a massive copper mine at the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota. The Interior Department is considering an application from the U.S. Forest Service for a 20-year mining ban on more than 200,000 acres of national forest land south of the Boundary Waters. Ely (/ ˈ iː l i / EE-lee) is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.The population was 3,460 at the 2010 census. Conservation Minnesota. On a lake in the Boundary Waters, one is held gently, with a buffer from outside forces. Each year, Boundary Waters attracts roughly 150,000 Boy Scouts and others visitors looking to canoe, fish and connect with nature. In November, he and 40 fellow Kids for the Boundary Waters from . Today Northeast Minnesota's outdoor recreation economy generates more than US$900 million in annual revenues and sustains over 17,000 jobs. On . The U.S. Forest Service is opening a new set of public meetings on its proposal to bar minerals exploration and development on more than 234,000 acres near the pristine wilderness for up to 20 years. "Debate Over Copper Mining Near Boundary Waters Heats Up Again." Minnesota Public Radio, February 2, 2017. Boundary Waters Business Coalition from Sportsmen for the BWCA on Vimeo. DULUTH, Minn.— Conservation groups today challenged the Trump administration's decision to renew 13 prospecting permits that could allow Twin Metals to expand its proposed sulfide-ore copper mine at the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, in northeastern Minnesota. The sheer amount of water in northern Minnesota makes the Boundary Waters and Lake Superior particularly vulnerable to the dangers of PolyMet and Twin Metals. That's a million acres of federally protected lakes and forest. The fight to permanently protect the Boundary Waters from the effects of risky sulfide-ore copper mining just gained more momentum. ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota regulators will take public comments from Nov. 9 to Dec. 8 as part of a court-ordered review of whether the state's regulations for nonferrous mining are adequate to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. But the possibility of copper mining along its border is an alarming threat: the harm would be irreversible. . Today Northeast Minnesota's outdoor recreation economy generates more than US$900 million in annual revenues and sustains over 17,000 jobs. Mission. The Boundary Waters is canoe country. The Boundary Waters is the most-accessible, most-visited wilderness area in the United States. The reversal by Biden on the two leases follows an October decision to move forward with a study that could lead to a 20-year ban on mining upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Tim Gruber for The New York Times A Plan to Mine the. Statewide, 60% of registered Minnesota. A 2016 study estimated that the Boundary Waters alone . Interior Department will not allow mining in two areas near the Boundary Waters Wilderness Area in northern Minnesota, the department said Wednesday. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area is in the northern third of the Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota. ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota regulators will take public comments from Nov. 9 to Dec. 8 as part of a court-ordered review of whether the state's regulations for nonferrous mining are . But mining. The Boundary Waters is the most popular wilderness destination in the country, with more than 150,000 visitors each year from around the world. The U.S. Department of Interior will not allow mining in two areas near the Boundary Waters Wilderness Area in northern Minnesota, the department said Wednesday. The U.S. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) is a wilderness area covering over 1 million acres of the Superior National Forest in northeast Minnesota. This wild freshwater haven will be gravely threatened by acid mine drainage, if mining occurs on . The area contains more than 1,200 miles . This mine, proposed by the Twin Metals Minnesota mining company, would introduce pollution into a peerless wilderness. In 2019, Trump cancelled an Obama-era study on the potentially dire environmental impacts of copper-nickel mining projects in the Boundary Waters watershed that could have resulted in a 20 year . The decision is a reversal of a Trump-era legal opinion, giving conservation advocates hope that nearly a quarter-million acres bordering the wilderness area that include the mining areas . The U.S. Common Loons in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The $1 billion project . WHAT IS THE BOUNDARY WATERS? The Boundary Waters is America's number one most-visited wilderness, bringing more than 250,000 visitors from all over the world to Northern Minnesota every year. The glaciers that gouged the region over the past 2 million years. Friends and foes of copper-nickel mining in northeastern Minnesota are mobilizing their supporters for a public meeting in Duluth on Thursday, March 16, 2017 on a proposal made in the final weeks of the Obama administration to bar over 234,000 acres of land near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area from further minerals exploration or mining for at . The method involves crushing huge quantities of rock to extract valuable metals from ore bodies called sulfides. Pollution from a nearby copper sulfide mine would flow directly into the area and ruin its precious watershed and landscape. Wisconsin Examiner. Helmsberger, Marshall. As part of that two-year review, no new mining activity is allowed. ( Image: Wikimedia Commons) The U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday proposed a 20-year ban on mining in. This bucket-list destination for paddling, fishing and camping contains more than 1,200 miles of canoe routes among thousands of lakes and streams, drawing some 250,000 visitors yearly. Boundary Waters should be withdrawn from mining for up to 20 . Separate from Wednesday's decision, the Biden administration is considering an application from the US Forest Service for a 20-year mining ban on more than 200,000 acres of national forest land. Separate from Wednesday's decision, the Biden administration is considering an application from the U.S. Forest Service for a 20-year mining ban on more than 200,000 acres of national forest land south of the Boundary Waters.
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