119th Congress · introduced in the House · Jan 21, 2025
Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act
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Latest action (Jan 21, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Jan 21, 2025)
Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act
This bill protects and preserves approximately 225,504 acres of federal land and waters in a specified area in the Rainy River Watershed of Superior National Forest in Minnesota from certain mining, such as sulfide-ore copper mining. (The area is upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.)
Specifically, the bill withdraws those acres from
• entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws;
• location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and
• operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.
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No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Air quality · Forests, forestry, trees · Land use and conservation · Licensing and registrations · Mining · Minnesota · Water quality · Watersheds · Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats · Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
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6 citations.
THE CONSERVATION ALLIANCE · lobbying firm or registrant: HIGH STREET STRATEGIES LLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 17, 2026 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$6,600
Paid to lobbying firm
…ction, federal staffing, and outdoor recreation DOI Secretarial Orders related to public lands Snake River Dams Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness S. 1366 / H.R. 588 - Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act D1 Lands H.R. 718 - Public Lands in Public Hands Act S. 1462 - Fix Our Forests Act Roadles…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
THE CONSERVATION ALLIANCE · lobbying firm or registrant: HIGH STREET STRATEGIES LLC
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$8,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ction, federal staffing, and outdoor recreation DOI Secretarial Orders related to public lands Snake River Dams Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness S. 1366 / H.R. 588 - Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act D1 Lands H.R. 718 - Public Lands in Public Hands Act S. 1462 - Fix Our Forests Act Roadles…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
THE CONSERVATION ALLIANCE · lobbying firm or registrant: HIGH STREET STRATEGIES LLC
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 19, 2026 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$7,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ction, federal staffing, and outdoor recreation DOI Secretarial Orders related to public lands Snake River Dams Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness S. 1366 / H.R. 588 - Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act D1 Lands H.R. 718 - Public Lands in Public Hands Act S. 1462 - Fix Our Forests Act Roadles…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
THE CONSERVATION ALLIANCE · lobbying firm or registrant: HIGH STREET STRATEGIES LLC
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$7,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ction, federal staffing, and outdoor recreation DOI Secretarial Orders related to public lands Snake River Dams Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness S. 1366 / H.R. 588 - Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act D1 Lands H.R. 718 - Public Lands in Public Hands Act H.R. 1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act S…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS · lobbying firm or registrant: BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 9, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…Refuge Protection Act, HR 3067, S 1519; Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection Act, S 1366; Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act, HR 588; Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act, HR 2944, S 1497; Congressional Oversight of the Antiquities Act, HR 2645; Colorado Outdoor Recreation & Economy…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS · lobbying firm or registrant: BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection Act, S 1366; Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act, HR 588; Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act, HR 2944, S 1497; Congressional Oversight of the Antiquities Act, HR 2645; Colorado Outdoor Recreation & Economy…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing