U.S. Rep Pete Stauber is leading the GOP effort in support of a Chilean company that wants to do copper-nickel mining in the Boundary Waters.

Environmental advocates are sounding the alarm as a proposal to overturn a mining ban near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...

In 2023, the Biden administration placed a 20-year ban on mining operations in Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA). However, a resolution approved by the U.S. House, now heading ...

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ST PAUL, Minn. — Multiple lawmakers from Minnesota have introduced legislation concerning mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness this year. State Representatives Pete Stauber, R-Minn, ...

The Minnesota State Capitol rotunda was full for a rally to prevent mining in the Boundary Waters on Thursday May 8th. The rally was organized by multiple organizations including Sportsmen for the ...

A significant rally took place at the State Capitol as people voiced their opposition to a congressional bill that could potentially allow mining near the Boundary Waters.

Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting. ELY, ...

The U.S. Forest Service on Saturday closed the popular Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota as the largest active wildfire in the state threatens the 1-million-acre property ...

DULUTH — Minnesota officials have proposed selling approximately 80,000 acres of school trust land scattered throughout the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to the federal government, which ...

Nearly 225,000 acres of federal land located in the Superior National Forest was previously protected by a 20-year mining moratorium instituted by the Biden administration. The decision issued by the ...