Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act aims to safeguard the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and connected federal.
The Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act seeks to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and interconnected federal lands and waters, including Voyageurs National Park, within the Rainy River Watershed in Minnesota. The act withdraws approximately 225,504 acres of federal land and waters from all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under public land laws. It also prohibits mining of copper and other metals in sulfide-bearing ore on federal lands in the Superior National Forest.
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