U.S. Department of Agriculture issues clarification after emergency order seeking to expand logging in national forests.

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The U.S. Forest Service will not log in designated wilderness areas like the Boundary Waters, federal officials clarified ...

On Wednesday, DFL Sen. Tina Smith introduced the "Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection Act." It marks the first time in 50 ...

WASHINGTON - A bill that would permanently protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from sulfide mining was ...

U.S. Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota has introduced legislation to permanently ban mining for copper, nickel and precious metals ...

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The legislation would make permanent a 20-year ban on that type of mining on 225,000 acres of Superior National Forest in the ...

Representatives Pete Stauber and Betty McCollum, along with Senator Tina Smith have all introduced bills concerning mining near the edge of the BWCA.

Minn., has introduced a bill to ban copper-nickel mining on nearly a quarter-million acres of federal land in the same ...

A bill that would permanently protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from sulfide mining was introduced by Sen.