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politics23h ago
'That right there is chaos': Legal expert warns of GOP-caused forest service collapse
- The Senate voted 50–49 to overturn a Biden-era mining ban in Minnesota's Superior National Forest near the Boundary Waters.
- The move uses the Congressional Review Act to treat management plans as rules that require congressional review.
- Experts warn the action could jeopardize hundreds of millions of acres managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service.
- Environmental advocates warn mining near the Boundary Waters could pollute pristine waters downstream.
- Minnesota lawmakers dispute legality; supporters say the mine could create regional jobs.
- Opponents caution the tourism economy around Boundary Waters is a major driver and could suffer.
- The president now decides whether the measure becomes law.
- Conservation advocates warn the change could invalidate decades of management planning.
- The Boundary Waters is a highly protected wilderness area at the headwaters of its watershed.
- The vote followed party lines and drew criticism from both sides about precedent and legality.
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