But Lyons, and other environmental groups that are fighting mining interests on the Iron Range, said threats to the Boundary Waters still exist, especially since Trump appears ready to lift the ...

From the column: "Unfortunately, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ... threaten(s) the health of the Boundary Waters." ...

The Boundary Waters has been the center of a political tug-of-war for more than a decade. The Obama administration halted mineral exploration leases in 2016, only for them to be renewed under Trump.

♪♪ >> cathy: the possibility of mining near the boundary waters canoe area wilderness is not a new issue. mining rights in northern minnesota's superior national forest have long been a ...

Provision for mining near Boundary Waters nixed from federal budget bill . U.S. House committee approved removing language on mineral leases in northeastern Minnesota; Senate likely to follow.

The prospect of a new copper-nickel mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) is sounding alarm bells among environmental groups. “Now that President Trump is in office, the ...

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) reintroduced a bill on Jan. 21 to ban sulfide-ore copper mining in the Boundary Waters while advocacy groups and University of Minnesota students worry for the ...

WASHINGTON — An effort to jumpstart copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has died in Congress. A provision that would pave the way for mining in the Superior ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Supporters of expanding mining and drilling near the Boundary Waters are cheering another executive order from President Trump. The "Unleashing America's Energy" order, which Trump ...

Trump moves to revive copper mining near Boundary Waters The Associated Press // June 12, 2025 // A prospecting drill rig bores into the bedrock near Ely, Minnesota, on Oct. 4, 2011, in search of ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Multiple lawmakers from Minnesota have introduced legislation concerning mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness this year. State Representatives Pete Stauber, R ...

ELY, Minn. — Mining near the Boundary Waters has been a painful debate for a while. Now in Washington, there is another chapter. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minnesota) raised a red flag on a section ...