The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s public comment period is underway for a proposed 20-year ban—called a “mineral withdrawal”—on 225,378 acres of the Superior National Forest within the watershed of the BWCA. Act today to protect the Boundary Waters from sulfide mining and demand strong environmental review.

“Talon is proposing to mine a ‘massive sulphide mineralization’ at the headwaters of the Big Sandy Lake watershed, an hour southwest of Duluth. This watershed enjoys clean water and fresh air, abundant wild rice protected by treaty-reserved rights, treasured lake retreats, forests, and wildlife. It is a hunter’s and angler’s paradise.”