The act, introduced by Rep. Pete Stauber, would exchange 36.7 acres owned by the Bowen Lodge resort in Deer River for 17.5 acres managed by the U.S. Forest Service and the Chippewa National Forest.
From the editorial: "In Duluth, especially along the St. Louis River, the initiative has helped restore wild rice beds, sturgeon spawning grounds, and the habitats of piping plover and other nesting birds."
In July, President-elect Trump vowed to reverse Biden’s mineral withdrawal on 225,000 acres of federal land in the same watershed as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in “about 10 minutes.”
