The fight over mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota has reached a critical turning point as the U.S. Senate prepares to take up H.J. Res. 140. This resolution seeks to overturn the 20-year mineral withdrawal that currently protects roughly 225,000 acres of the Superior National Forest within the Rainy River watershed. Read the full story by Quetico Superior Wilderness News.
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