Businesses to lawmakers: Stop harming our public lands and our bottom lines

The recent congressional battle over mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness uncovered a disappointing political reality: Despite bipartisan public support for protecting public lands and waters, the majority of U.S. congress members still prioritize short-sighted resource extraction and development over long-term gains of conservation. House Resolution 140, recently passed by both chambers of Congress, invokes unprecedented use of the Congressional Review Act to overturn the 20-year mining ban, which previously protected 225,504 acres …