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Bill would allow roads, vehicles in BWCAW for border enforcement
The bill authorizes new border enforcement infrastructure in protected wilderness, prompting opposition from Minnesota senators who warn it threatens long-standing conservation efforts.
- Earlier this month, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah introduced a bill allowing DHS to use vehicles and build roads, fences, and surveillance in federally designated wilderness within 100 miles of the U.S. border, including the BWCAW.
- Citing observations from a 2024 border trip, Stauber said the bill will give the Department of Homeland Security power to protect places like the Boundary Waters from destruction.
- The Wilderness Act of 1964 largely bans motorized vehicles, roads, and infrastructure in federally designated wilderness, including the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, which spans 100 miles of protected areas.
- Minnesota's Democratic senators Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar both oppose the bill, with Smith saying it `overwrites important protections` and Klobuchar calling it harmful and wasteful.
- Wilderness Watch's Kevin Proescholdt warned Lee's bill could damage the BWCAW "almost beyond recognition" and said it may allow logging and fuels management, citing southern border environmental impacts.
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Bill would allow roads, vehicles in BWCAW for border enforcement
DULUTH — U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber said he supports a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate that would allow federal immigration enforcement officials to use motorized vehicles and build roads, surveillance equipment, fences and structures in federally designated wilderness within 100 miles of the U.S. border, including the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The Republican from Hermantown, whose district includes the BWCAW, did not answer a questi…
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