In the latest attempt to permit a copper-nickel mine upstream of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a new congressional effort is underway to lift the federal moratorium on mining in the Rainy River Watershed, as was announced on January 8th, 2025, in an Interior Department filing in the Congressional Record. This was furthered by Representative Pete Stauber’s introduction of HJ Res. 140 on Monday, January 12th, in the House of Representatives.