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September 20, 2021

Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness’s groundbreaking lawsuit triggers an important review of the risks to the Boundary Waters posed by sulfide-ore copper mining in the Rainy River Headwaters.

September 15, 2021

Chilean mining conglomerate Antofagasta's Twin Metals has hired the lobbying firm of former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to push it's risky mining project next to Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

August 31, 2021

Yesterday former Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Ted Roosvelt IV, the great grandson of former president Theodore Roosevelt, urged the Biden administration to protect Minnesota's Boundary Waters from the threat of sulfide-ore copper mining in a commentary published in the MN Reformer.

August 23, 2021

Yesterday the Star Tribune published an editorial calling on the Biden administration to take federal action to protect Minnesota's Boundary Waters Wilderness from the threat posed by sulfide-ore copper mining in its watershed, most significantly by Chilean mining conglomerate Antofagasta's Twin Metals project.

July 6, 2021

Late last week it was reported that Antofagasta PLC, owner of the Twin Metals mining project on the doorstep of the Boundary Waters, has once again inked deals to supply copper concentrates from its mines to Chinese smelters. This copper will then be turned around and sold on the world market.  

June 30, 2021

 

Provision would bar the Department of Interior from using funds to advance sulfide-ore copper mining in the Boundary Waters watershed

Dec 14, 2025
The Des Moines Register

Minnesota sanctuary belongs to all of us.

Dec 3, 2025
Montana Standard

We know what it means to live in a state that has historical ties to and reliance on mining, timber harvesting and other extractive industries—and how to support responsible development proposals while opposing proposals that would endanger our lands, waters, critters and communities. 

Dec 1, 2025
Duluth News Tribune

From the column: " Minnesotans support mining in general but agree that some places are too special, too unique, and too important for mining to be allowed."

Nov 24, 2025
The Minnesota Star Tribune

If it’s not mining, it’s a proposal to allow construction of “tactical infrastructure” on federal lands for border security. Targets include the Boundary Waters in its entirety.

Nov 23, 2025
The Minnesota Star Tribune

The state has held on to the BWCA land for decades, hoping to trade with the Feds for timberland.

VIDEOS & WEBINARS

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Short video celebrating the life of Former Vice President Walter Mondale, who fought fervently to protect Minnesota’s Boundary Waters from toxic mining. 

Watch the entire "Boundary Waters Traverse" film! On May 22, 2021 Alex Falconer ran over 110 miles in 38 hrs 15 mins and 3 seconds, through the heart of the Boundary Waters completing the first known attempt to trail run the "Boundary Waters Traverse”.

Patagonia's feature-length film - Public Trust. The film focuses on the Boundary Waters and other high-profile, threatened public lands across the United States.

In Deep Water: A Fight to Save the Boundary Waters, we produced a mini-documentary to educate new audiences on the threat of sulfide-ore copper mining on the edge of the Boundary Waters.

Kids for the Boundary Waters is an organization run by youth with the goal of building a community of young wilderness advocates.

KEEN Story Camp was an event that included a public open-mic session on the edge of the Wilderness, where attendees canoed the lakes during the day and told stories around the fire at night.

A stunning short film that follows Dave and Amy Freeman's year spent in the Boundary Waters Wilderness. Bear Witness shares Dave and Amy's experiences in all seasons and how the Freemans dedicated themselves to this expedition in an effort to raise awareness about the threats to the Boundary Waters from proposed sulfide-ore copper mining. 

A stunning short film that follows Dave and Amy Freeman's year spent in the Boundary Waters Wilderness. Bear Witness shares Dave and Amy's experiences in all seasons and how the Freemans dedicated themselves to this expedition in an effort to raise awareness about the threats to the Boundary Waters from proposed sulfide-ore copper mining. 

Covering 2,000 miles and crossing nine states, authors and National Geographic Adventurers of the Year Amy and Dave Freeman are biking from Ely, Minnesota, to Washington D.C. this spring to promote their new book, A Year in the Wilderness, and continue their efforts to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, one of our country’s most precious and expansive Wilderness areas.

A short documentary film centered around protecting the Boundary Waters. The film's focus is on the people who help spread appreciation for the land and carry on, in their own individual ways, the legacy of Sigurd Olson, a writer and conservationist who was responsible for the area's National Forest designation in 1978.

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WEBINARS

Lease Cancelation Webinar - 1/27/22

Save the Boundary Waters Press Conference: Lease Cancelation - 1/26/2022

Issue 101 and the Path to Permanent Protection for the Boundary Waters - 9/3/2021

Fishing Webinar 5/5/2021

Saving the Boundary Waters: Stories About Runners and Kids Working to Protect America’s Most Visited Wilderness - June 2021

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