President Donald Trump has lifted a federal ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, clearing the way for a South…
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Congressional Republicans are sending President Donald Trump a resolution for his signature that would lift a federal ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The Senate passed the resolution Thursday. The House approved it on Jan. 21. The push to end the ban comes as a Chilean mining company is looking to open a copper mine in the Superior National Forest on the edge of the wilderness area. Conservationists insist mining would contaminate the pristine watershed. President Joe Biden's administration blocked the project in 2023 by imposing a 20-year moratorium on mining across 400 square miles (103,600 hectares) in the forest.
The American chestnut is a singular, iconic tree of the eastern United States. It was majestic, supported animals that lived under it and provided valuable timber. It was everywhere. But then it started dying. A fungal blight and root rot devastated the species by the 1950s. Efforts to breed disease-resistant American chestnuts have been challenging, but DNA sequencing offers hope. Arborists aim to restore the species, envisioning a future where it thrives in forests, independently of humans, once more.
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The Trump administration says it will be moving U.S. Forest Service headquarters from the nation's capital to Utah as part of a broad overhaul. The announcement was made Tuesday, winning praise from Republican lawmakers in Western states while drawing criticism from environmental groups that see the move as an attempt to dismantle the agency. Federal officials say the change puts leaders closer to the forests they manage. The agency notes most national forest land sits in the West. About 260 Washington-based jobs will relocate, while 130 stay. The U.S. Agriculture Department, which oversees the Forest Service, has also shifted thousands of workers out of Washington.