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The Interior Just Gutted a Bedrock Conservation Law That Will Affect Public Lands Everywhere
2+ hour, 27+ min ago (589+ words) Published Feb 25, 2026 10:24 AM EST The Department of the Interior finalized its overhaul of the nation's bedrock environmental law on Monday, which loosens oversight on logging, mining, oil and gas development, and other industrial projects. The changes strip the National Environmental…...
The Trump Administration Just Greenlit the Ambler Road Project, Overturning Years of Input from Outdoorsmen
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (710+ words) Published Oct 7, 2025 11:05 AM EDT In a press conference held in the Oval Office Monday afternoon, President Trump and Interior secretary Doug Burgum announced the administration's latest effort to advance the Ambler Road, a proposed 211-mile private industrial corridor in Interior…...
Podcast: “This Type of Mine Has Not Been Done Without Polluting.” Why the Boundary Waters Mine Is a Bad Trade
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (337+ words) Published Aug 13, 2025 10:04 AM EDT The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is the last great wilderness in the Midwest, consisting of more than 1 million acres of glacial lakes and mixed North Woods forests. This…...
Boundary Waters Right Back on the Chopping Block as Trump Administration Moves to Reopen Mining
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (537+ words) Published Jun 12, 2025 3:15 PM EDT Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum also confirmed during a House Committee of Natural Resources meeting Thursday that the administration was committed to overturning the mineral withdrawal and granting mining leases back to Twin Metals, which…...
The House Kills Its Plan to Open Mining Near the Boundary Waters
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (188+ words) Published Jun 11, 2025 9:36 AM EDT A provision that would have issued perpetual mineral leases near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has been struck from the House budget bill. It's the latest victory in a monumental effort by lawmakers and public-lands…...
New Executive Order Aims to Make Mining the Primary Use of Public Lands at 'As Many Sites As Possible"
11+ mon, 4+ day ago (657+ words) Dac Collins is the News Editor at Outdoor Life. He helps tell the latest stories about America's hunters and anglers while reporting on critical conservation issues, oftentimes with a fly rod or shotgun in hand. He lives in Colorado with…...