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  • Opposition to Sulfide Mining Near Boundary Waters

    Opposition to Sulfide Mining Near Boundary Waters

    The National Wildlife Federation submitted over 16,500 comments to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today in opposition to risky mining that jeopardizes the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The BLM proposes to renew two expired sulfide-ore mining leases for the Twin Metals Minnesota LLC in the Superior National Forest in the Rainy River Watershed, which includes the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW). The comment period closes today.

  • A Yes Vote for Salmon is a No to Mining

    A Yes Vote for Salmon is a No to Mining

    Some bad ideas rise above others: New Coke, Diet Water, the Red Sox trading Babe Ruth to the Yankees. One of the worst ideas of all time? The proposal to build a mine in the headwaters of Bristol Bay, Alaska.