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Rep. Stauber seeks to overturn Boundary Waters mining ban, hosts field hearing

May 05, 2023 09:45AM ● By Content Editor
Photo: Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (Mike Sweet/USFWS)

By  - Quetico Superior Wilderness News - May 5, 2023

The member of Congress who represents northeastern Minnesota has introduced a resolution that seeks to reverse a recent decision by the Biden administration to prohibit mining on federal land upstream of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Rep. Pete Stauber has sponsored legislation as part of a process allowed under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act that disapproves of the executive action.


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