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Boundary Waters Wilderness Protected From Copper Mining for 20 Years

Boundary Waters Wilderness Protected From Copper Mining for 20 Years

by FSEEE | Feb 2, 2023 | In the News, Victories

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed a mineral withdrawal order protecting the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Superior National Forest from sulfide-ore copper mining. Sulfide-ore copper mining generates waste rock full of sulfates, which, when exposed to...
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