Dear John,

Minutes ago, I landed in Washington D.C. with Save the Boundary Waters’ Campaign Manager Alex Falconer and National Campaign Chair Becky Rom. Maybe you saw the upsetting news: January’s historic 20-year mining ban is under attack and at risk of being reversed. We are here to prevent that from happening.

Last week, Rep. Stauber introduced a bill to overturn the Biden Administration’s science-based 20-year mining ban in the watershed of the Boundary Waters. This newly introduced legislation goes directly against the will of the people. Nearly 70% of Minnesotans support a permanent ban on sulfide-ore copper mining in the Boundary Waters headwaters.

• The historic 20-year mining ban in the watershed of the Boundary Waters would be canceled, opening the headwaters of the Boundary Waters to America's most toxic industry.
• Mining leases would be reinstated to international mining companies that don’t have the interest of the Wilderness or the American people in mind.
• Environmental reviews of mine plans would be shortcut, and the ability to challenge any bad decisions in court would be taken away, setting a very dangerous precedent for all of our nation’s cherished places

We are not going to back down. Significant progress has been made in the fight to permanently protect the Boundary Waters because of advocates like you. Together, we can push back.

On Thursday, Becky will be the only person testifying on behalf of protecting the Boundary Waters in a Congressional Hearing about Rep. Stauber’s bill to reverse the Biden Administrations protective 20-year mining ban in the U.S. House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Without the support of Wilderness defenders like you, we would not be able to bring the voice of the Boundary Waters to Washington D.C.

We cannot do this work alone. We need Wilderness defenders like you. Rush a gift today to help us fight back against this bad legislation. 

Thank you for your commitment to protecting the Boundary Waters and the wildlife that we share it with. 

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