Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Apr 9, 2025
What it does
The Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection Act would withdraw approximately 225,504 acres of federal land and waters in Minnesota’s Rainy River Watershed—including areas within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Voyageurs National Park—from mining, mineral leasing, and public land disposal to protect water quality, air quality, and forest health. The bill allows limited removal of sand, gravel, granite, iron ore, and taconite only if the Forest Service Chief determines it would not harm the watershed’s environmental conditions. It applies to federal lands managed by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, with maps and boundaries made publicly available for inspection.…
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