1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

Vote NO on HJ Res 140 Save the 20 year mining ban! This ban protects the most pristine wilderness area left in our country, the Boundary Waters Canoe Are a Wilderness. This area shares an equally valuable pristine border with our neighbors the north. All of these places would be damaged by the kind of mining proposed here The type of mining proposed has a record of polluting every place it has happened. It has never been able to contain its toxic waste. ng our environment. Why would we allow that to happen here? It is not even an American company. Why would we give this away to foreigners? They have no interest in protecti We should not go back to the "strip it and forget it" policies of the robber baron days. Instead we should protect and support the American economy and A merican businesses that have grown and flourished all along this vital wilderness area. Vote NO on HJ Res. 140 Save the Boundary Waters!