Biden administration cancels two mining
leases near Minnesota wilderness, in reversal
of Trump-era decision
Posted By: NorthernDog, 1/26/2022 5:00:08 PM
The Biden administration has canceled two leases near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness — a remote, lake-pocked region at the center of a blistering fight over whether to mine near one of the nation’s most popular wilderness destinations. On Wednesday, the Interior Department said it found that the leases to extract copper, nickel and other valuable hardrock minerals in northern Minnesota were improperly renewed under Donald Trump. The Biden administration’s decision will help protect the hundreds of lakes, streams and wetlands in the 1.1 million-acre wilderness area hugging the Canadian border from the potential toxic leaching from mining.
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Mining is the life blood of northern MN and there have been numerous mines there for decades near the pristine wilderness. This is punishment for formerly Democrat strongholds supporting Trump. I guess we can just depend on China, Russia, and other 3rd world countries for all our resource needs.