The Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would scrap Biden-era mining limits near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota. Senators voted 50-49 to

MINNEAPOLIS — Environmental advocates and opponents of a proposed mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness vowed to continue fighting after the U.S. Senate voted on Thursday, April 16, to repeal a mining ban near the protected wilderness.

An annual list of endangered waterways says proposed mining would cause “probable if not inevitable" pollution to the South Kawishiwi River.