Staff Report Washington, D.C. — National conservation groups applauded the U.S. Department of Interior action on Thursday to protect the watershed surrounding the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from future mining. In a press release Thursday afternoon, the Interior Department announced that Secretary Deb Haaland had signed Public Land Order 7917, which withdraws approximately 225,504 …
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