U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D) is joining environmentalists in celebrating successful efforts to block Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness mining permissions in President Donald Trump’s “Big ...

Mining near the Boundary Waters has been a painful debate for a while. Now in Washington, there is another chapter. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minnesota) raised a red flag on a section in President ...

In her announcement Smith cautioned against the sale and leasing of public lands, and urged the permanent protections for the Boundary Waters. She hopes to do so by passing her Boundary Waters ...

This comes shortly after Senator Tina Smith declared victory in the fight to protect the Boundary Waters, after a provision granting Chilean mining giant Antofagasta permission to open copper ...

Sen. Tina Smith and Preservation group Friends of the Boundary Waters react to congress' removal of a provision that would allow sulfide ore mining near the BWCA.

This comes shortly after Senator Tina Smith declared victory in the fight to protect the Boundary Waters, after a provision granting Chilean mining giant Antofagasta permission to open copper ...