1. United States
2. Maine
3. Letter

Protect the Boundary Waters from toxic destructive mining. Rep Stauber's latest assault on this precious unspoiled wilderness could pass with a simple majority. It would cause irreparable ruin and allow short term private profiteering by his foreign big mining cronies to rape, pillage, and pollute our shared precious resource, the BWCA. I ASK YOU TO VOTE NO ON HR 978...................................................Let me remind you that the annual plot from tourism in the Boundary Waters is greater than the profits from mining will be...........................................................Yes, it's true: Boundary Water Tourism will bring in more revenues that ruinous polluting mining. Stauber's bill would benefit a rich foreign mining magnate. It aims to reverse the Biden administration's 20-year mining ban near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA) by rescinding protections, reinstating canceled leases for Twin Metals Minnesota, and fast-tracking copper-nickel mining approvals, directly threatening the wilderness with sulfide-ore mining pollution. ---------------------------------------The bill is destructive and wicked because it (1) rescinds Protections: It would undo Public Land Order 7917, removing the 20-year moratorium on mining in the BWCA's headwaters. (2) Reinstates Leases: It forces the reissuance of previously revoked federal mining leases for Twin Metals, allowing for expedited approval of mine plans. (3) Bypasses Review: The bill would override the Forest Service's authority to deny consent for mineral leases and limit judicial review.--------------------------------------------Instead of allowing this greedy destructive profiteering, please support the Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act, which aims for permanent protection.