Commentary: New administration reignites debate around mining, Minnesota’s Boundary Waters

On Feb. 5, U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber (Minnesota, District 8) re-introduced the Superior National Forest Restoration Act, which would reverse the historic 2023 Biden administration decision to protect 225,504 acres of the Superior National Forest in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness headwaters from mining development and degradation for 20 years (Public Land Order 7917).

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