Sen. Tina Smith speaks at a rally to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area from federal moves on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at the Minnesota Capitol.

On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Tina Smith introduced the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection Act, legislation that would permanently ban new sulfide ore mining on 225,504 acres of federal forest ...

Senator Tina Smith (D-Minnesota) raised a red flag on a section in President Trump's budget bill that would have reopened the leases to a Chilean copper-nickel mine next to the Boundary Waters.

WASHINGTON - A bill that would permanently protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from sulfide mining was introduced by Sen. Tina Smith in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday. President ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Multiple lawmakers from Minnesota have introduced legislation concerning mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness this year. State Representatives Pete Stauber, R ...

WASHINGTON - A bill that would permanently protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from sulfide mining was introduced by Sen. Tina Smith in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday. President ...

This comes shortly after Senator Tina Smith declared victory in the fight to protect the Boundary Waters, after a provision granting Chilean mining giant Antofagasta permission to open copper ...

Sen. Tina Smith spoke at a rally to prevent mining in the boundary waters held at the Minnesota the Capitol. X close News Livestream Weather Sports The Lift School Alert Search ...

Let’s not sugarcoat the immediate prospects of a historic new bill — one introduced by Minnesota U.S. Sen. Tina Smith on Wednesday — to permanently protect the state’s beloved Boundary ...

WASHINGTON — A bill that would permanently protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from sulfide mining was introduced by Sen. Tina Smith in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday.