U.S. Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota has introduced legislation to permanently ban mining for copper, nickel and precious metals ...

While growing up in Mankato, my first visit to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area was in 1978 ... Outdoor recreation contributes significantly to Minnesota’s economy, accounting for 2.8% of the ...

Representatives Pete Stauber and Betty McCollum, along with Senator Tina Smith have all introduced bills concerning mining ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture issues clarification after emergency order seeking to expand logging in national forests.

This legislation builds on years of advocacy by U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, also a Minnesota Democrat, who has championed the ...

WASHINGTON - A bill that would permanently protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from sulfide mining was ...

So, the executive order sparked condemnation from environmentalists in Minnesota ... executive director of Save the Boundary Waters. Lyons said that “by taking the extreme step of weaponizing ...

Sen. Tina Smith strikes a sensible balance with a historic bill to safeguard northeast Minnesota’s fragile watery wilderness ...

Tina Smith is making preventing new mining near a Minnesota wilderness a priority ... make permanent Biden-era mining limits near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Smith, 67, is also ...

The legislation would make permanent a 20-year ban on that type of mining on 225,000 acres of Superior National Forest in the ...