ELY, MN--Today Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters Executive Director Tom Landwehr issued the following statement on Rep. Deb Haaland's nomination to be the next Secretary of Interior.
"Rep. Haaland is an excellent choice to lead Interior," said Tom Landwehr, Executive Director of the Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters. "As chair of the subcommittee of National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, Rep. Haaland showed wise recognition of the ecological, recreational, and economic benefit of public lands like Minnesota's Boundary Waters Wilderness (BWCA). We look forward to the incoming administration's pursuit of a science-based approach in determining the future of the BWCA, which brings immense, sustainable value to businesses, sportsmen and -women, Tribal communities, and hundreds of thousands of visitors from across the country every year."