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DFL lawmakers have introduced a bill to prohibit certain high-impact mining practices in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area watershed, including the storage of waste tailings, waste rock, heap leaching, and smelting. The bill aims to protect the Boundary Waters by banning the riskiest practices associated with sulfide-ore copper mining.

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