The article discusses a controversial provision in Trump's legislation that could allow a foreign-owned mining company, Twin Metals Minnesota, to lease public lands near the Boundary Waters wilderness indefinitely. This has raised alarm among environmentalists who warn of potential water pollution and habitat degradation in this vital ecosystem. While some larger land sell-off measures were withdrawn from the bill following public outcry, this lesser-known giveaway raises concerns about long-term environmental impacts and the integrity of protected lands.
'If approved as currently written, the provision could lease in perpetuity land near Minnesota's Boundary Waters wilderness, an enormous complex of pristine lakes and untrammeled forests, to Twin Metals Minnesota.'
'Becky Rom, the national chair of Save the Boundary Waters, described the provision as a giveaway of critical and sensitive federal public land forever to a single mining company.'
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