Scores of Forest Service plans could be upended after Boundary Waters mining vote

By: Alex Brown

Outlets: Stateline

Published: April 16, 2026

Words: 933

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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Congress’ move to allow mining in a national forest near a wilderness area may have broad ramifications across the country.

The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to overturn a mining ban in Minnesota’s Superior National Forest, the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

By using an obscure tool known as the Congressional Review Act to open the national forest for mining, lawmakers have called into question the validity of every management plan issued by …

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