Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters

Boundary Waters, MN Photo: Save the Boundary Waters
GRANT NAME:
Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters
GRANTEE:
Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness
LOCATION
Ely, MN
AMOUNT
$50,000
Year
2019

To protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (1.1 million acres), Voyageurs National Park (218,200 acres), and Canada’s Quetico Provincial Park (1,180,000 acres) from sulfide-ore copper mining pollution by halting mining activity on 234,328 acres surrounding the Boundary Waters.