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January 26, 2022

Administration finds leases unlawfully renewed; allows for science-based decision on where risky mining is appropriate.

January 20, 2022

The number of comments submitted by Save the Boundary Waters and its partners eclipses the 181,000 comment mark from 2017. 

December 27, 2021

Decision today upholds a lower court ruling affirming Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness' standing to challenge state's nonferrous mining rules for risky mining near the Boundary Waters.

October 20, 2021

U.S. Forest Service requests mineral withdrawal of federal public lands in the Rainy River Drainage Basin to complete process abruptly cancelled by the Trump administration.

October 18, 2021

Today the Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters released a report detailing how Chilean mining giant Antofagasta is "greenwashing" its risky Twin Metals mining project next to Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

September 20, 2021

Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness’s groundbreaking lawsuit triggers an important review of the risks to the Boundary Waters posed by sulfide-ore copper mining in the Rainy River Headwaters.

September 15, 2021

Chilean mining conglomerate Antofagasta's Twin Metals has hired the lobbying firm of former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to push it's risky mining project next to Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

August 31, 2021

Yesterday former Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Ted Roosvelt IV, the great grandson of former president Theodore Roosevelt, urged the Biden administration to protect Minnesota's Boundary Waters from the threat of sulfide-ore copper mining in a commentary published in the MN Reformer.

August 23, 2021

Yesterday the Star Tribune published an editorial calling on the Biden administration to take federal action to protect Minnesota's Boundary Waters Wilderness from the threat posed by sulfide-ore copper mining in its watershed, most significantly by Chilean mining conglomerate Antofagasta's Twin Metals project.

Jul 22, 2024
MINNPOST

Residents of Eagles Nest Township, a small community southwest of Ely, Minn., have spent more than a decade preparing for wildfires. Here’s a look at their efforts.

Jul 12, 2024
KSTP

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is working to sell tens of thousands of acres of the state’s most pristine land to the federal government. The plan involves about 80,000 acres — or 125 square miles — in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Jun 26, 2024
Quetico Superior Wilderness News

Last week, Representative Pete Stauber (R-8th district) attached five amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act. These aim to overturn the 20-year mining ban near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW).

Jun 7, 2024
The Minnesota Star Tribune

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, which designated the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness one of the nation’s first remote areas to be protected in its mostly natural state.

May 22, 2024
The Reformer

The choice is between our pristine waters and a foreign mining conglomerate.

May 4, 2024
Paddle & Portage

UPDATE: The Forest Service sent a press release May 6 on this topic. Included in the press release is the following statement: “Our goal initially is to highlight the importance of all of us doing our due diligence to keep wildlife from becoming habituated. Except for gross violations or repeated violations, we intend to issue warnings for the first year of the order.”

May 4, 2024
Star Tribune

The reckless bill to rescind copper mining protections in the watershed that passed the U.S. House panders to foreign mine owners. Its fate now rests with voters.

May 1, 2024
The Timberjay

The U.S. House, this week, gave a narrow vote of approval for legislation that would rescind the mineral withdrawal affecting a portion of the Superior National Forest and require the reissuance of mineral leases for a proposed copper-nickel mine near Ely.

Apr 4, 2024
Quetico Superior Wilderness News

The Biden administration recently announced a goal to protect 30 percent of lands and waters throughout the United States by 2030. This includes continued protection from mining impacts near wilderness areas such as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA).

Dec 5, 2023
Duluth News Tribune:

From the column: "Foreign-owned mining company executives and misguided politicians will stop at nothing, it seems."

VIDEOS & WEBINARS

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Short video celebrating the life of Former Vice President Walter Mondale, who fought fervently to protect Minnesota’s Boundary Waters from toxic mining. 

Watch the entire "Boundary Waters Traverse" film! On May 22, 2021 Alex Falconer ran over 110 miles in 38 hrs 15 mins and 3 seconds, through the heart of the Boundary Waters completing the first known attempt to trail run the "Boundary Waters Traverse”.

Patagonia's feature-length film - Public Trust. The film focuses on the Boundary Waters and other high-profile, threatened public lands across the United States.

In Deep Water: A Fight to Save the Boundary Waters, we produced a mini-documentary to educate new audiences on the threat of sulfide-ore copper mining on the edge of the Boundary Waters.

Kids for the Boundary Waters is an organization run by youth with the goal of building a community of young wilderness advocates.

KEEN Story Camp was an event that included a public open-mic session on the edge of the Wilderness, where attendees canoed the lakes during the day and told stories around the fire at night.

A stunning short film that follows Dave and Amy Freeman's year spent in the Boundary Waters Wilderness. Bear Witness shares Dave and Amy's experiences in all seasons and how the Freemans dedicated themselves to this expedition in an effort to raise awareness about the threats to the Boundary Waters from proposed sulfide-ore copper mining. 

A stunning short film that follows Dave and Amy Freeman's year spent in the Boundary Waters Wilderness. Bear Witness shares Dave and Amy's experiences in all seasons and how the Freemans dedicated themselves to this expedition in an effort to raise awareness about the threats to the Boundary Waters from proposed sulfide-ore copper mining. 

Covering 2,000 miles and crossing nine states, authors and National Geographic Adventurers of the Year Amy and Dave Freeman are biking from Ely, Minnesota, to Washington D.C. this spring to promote their new book, A Year in the Wilderness, and continue their efforts to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, one of our country’s most precious and expansive Wilderness areas.

A short documentary film centered around protecting the Boundary Waters. The film's focus is on the people who help spread appreciation for the land and carry on, in their own individual ways, the legacy of Sigurd Olson, a writer and conservationist who was responsible for the area's National Forest designation in 1978.

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WEBINARS

Lease Cancelation Webinar - 1/27/22

Save the Boundary Waters Press Conference: Lease Cancelation - 1/26/2022

Issue 101 and the Path to Permanent Protection for the Boundary Waters - 9/3/2021

Fishing Webinar 5/5/2021

Saving the Boundary Waters: Stories About Runners and Kids Working to Protect America’s Most Visited Wilderness - June 2021

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