In the fall of 2019, Sportsmen for the Boundary Waters and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers took a trip to Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and to Twin Metal’s proposed mine site on Birch Lake.
Updates
Minnesota Bound’s Inaugural Podcast with Lukas Leaf, Sportsmen BWCA
Listen to Bill Sherck of Minnesota Bound and Lukas Leaf, Executive Director of Sportsmen for the Boundary Waters, dig into the risky copper-nickel mining proposal upstream of the Boundary Waters.
Outdoor News Radio – January 18, 2020
Listen to Outdoor News Radio here This weekend’s Outdoor News Radio show kicks off with a discussion of the latest on chronic wasting disease in Pine County plus an update
Press Release: Sportsmen’s Groups Praise Introduction of Bipartisan BWCA Legislation
Leaders in the conservation community commended the introduction of the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act (H.R. 5598), bipartisan legislation that would provide permanent protection, for current and future generations, of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and interconnected public lands and waters located within the watershed.
Understanding H.R. 668: The Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act
The Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act would ensure permanent protection of the Boundary Waters from any future copper-nickel mineral leasing in its watershed.
Twin Metals submits Mine Plan of Operation
For Immediate Release Twin Metals Mine Plan Of Operation Submitted Today ELY, MN – Today Twin Metals submitted a mine plan of operations to state and federal agencies to begin
Release: DNR announces state level EIS for Twin Metals
We support all science-based review of this project, but the science is clear: Sulfide-ore copper mining in the watershed of the Boundary Waters is not worth the risk.
Cast and Blast with Backcountry Hunters & Anglers
Posted by Lukas Leaf After a few days of rain in Canoe Country, we were blessed with two, back-to-back bluebird days in the BWCA, complete with 65 degree weather and
KFAN Outdoor Radio – July 27, 2019
Twin Metals announced a change in the location of their proposed mine’s Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) from the Lake Superior watershed to directly upstream of the Boundary Waters.
Twin Metals tosses a Hail Mary with new plan
Twin Metals made a number of false claims in their announcement, the most brazen being that the Maturi Deposit will be non-acid generating. Prior to today’s announcement, Twin Metals had proposed a tailings basin outside of the Wilderness watershed. Twin Metals now proposes a location within several miles of the Wilderness and in direct proximity to Birch Lake.