Tom Landwehr, Author at Valley News

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2011 file photo, a prospecting drill rig bores into the bedrock near Ely, Minn., in search of copper, nickel and precious metals that Twin Metals Minnesota LLC, hopes to mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota. The federal Bureau of Land Management has reinstated mineral rights leases for a proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota. The leases cover land in Superior National Forest 9 miles southeast of Ely that encompasses reserves of copper, nickel and precious metals. Environmental groups are fighting the project, fearing mining would spoil the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness. Twin Metals Minnesota plans to submit its underground mine proposal in the coming months. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski,File)

Column: Save America’s most popular wilderness

by Tom Landwehr For Tribune News ServiceMay 31, 2019

Americans lost big-time on May 15 when the Trump administration renewed two expired mineral leases for Chilean mining giant Antofagasta to mine sulfide-ore copper right on the edge of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters, the most-visited wilderness area in…

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