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

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

Two loons swim with their chick on Clear Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in 2021. (Photo by Max Nesterak | Minnesota Reformer.)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 extracti…