Sportsmen celebrate as Feds deny minerals lease renewals for mine near Boundary Waters

In a huge victory for outdoors types, decision removes threat to the nation’s most-visited wilderness, ensuring the continuation of the region’s hunting and fishing traditions, and safeguarding the fish and wildlife populations that call the area home.

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