News

• Celebrating the Quetico-Superior’s public lands

  July 1, 2009 – To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Superior National Forest and Quetico Provincial Park, the Canoe the Heart expedition left Atikokan, Ontario today on an 18-day journey through the "heart of the continent."

• Eyewitness to mining exploration

  June 17, 2009 – Friends staff recently visited areas of the Forest that mining companies want to explore for sulfide minerals. Check out our photo gallery of the wild woods and waters that would be affected if the permits are approved.

• Minnesota Public Radio covers risks of sulfide mining

  June 5, 2009 – Friends policy director Betsy Daub was quoted in a story from Minnesota Public Radio today about the dangers of sulfide mining in northeastern Minnesota.

Sulfide Mining

New mining proposals at the edges of the Boundary Waters threaten the wilderness’s clean lakes and rivers.

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