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Right now, the current Administration is working hard to open up America’s favorite Wilderness to toxic mining — but we’re not backing down.
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The Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection Act/The Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act (S.1366/H.R. 588) was introduced by Senator Tina Smith and Rep. Betty McCollum. The bill protects America’s most visited Wilderness, Minnesota’s only National Park, and Canada’s adjoining Wilderness by preventing risky sulfide-ore copper mining in the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Quetico Park, and Voyageurs National Park. The legislation permanently withdraws from the federal mining program 225,504 acres of Federal land and waters in the headwaters of the Wilderness and the National and Canadian Parks. The bill would ban sulfide-ore copper mining – America’s most toxic industry – in a portion of the
The Boundary Waters Protection Bill (H.F 309/S.F 875) was introduced by Minnesota State Senator Steve Cwodzinski (DFL-49) and State Representative Alex Falconer (DFL-49A).
The Boundary Waters Permanent Protection Bill prohibits sulfide-ore copper mining operations on State lands in the BWCAW Watershed in Northeastern Minnesota. This bill would protect the Boundary Waters and Voyageurs National Park (VNP) from the inevitable and devastating damage that would result from sulfide-ore copper mining pollution in its watershed. 100% of sulfide-ore copper mines have had spills or accidental releases, and pollution from proposed sulfide-ore copper mining on lands upstream of the BWCAW and VNP would flow directly into the system of pristine lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands in the Wilderness. The bill ONLY applies to sulfide-ore copper mining and does NOT prohibit or otherwise impact existing or future taconite, iron ore, sand, gravel, and granite mining.
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