NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTANS FOR WILDERNESS

ELY, Minnesota, 55731-1452 United States

Mission Statement

Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness (NMW) is the founder and lead organization for the Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters. The Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters is a national movement to permanently protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from sulfide-ore copper mining proposed on lands in the Wilderness watershed.

About This Cause

The Campaign to Save The Boundary Waters is leading the efforts to protect the Boundary Waters Wilderness from sulfide-ore copper mining. The Campaign, led by Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness, was organized by local residents in and around Ely, Minnesota, who are dedicated to creating a national movement to protect the clean water, clean air and forest landscape of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and its watershed from toxic pollution caused by mining copper, nickel and other metals from sulfide-bearing ore.

NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTANS FOR WILDERNESS
206 E Sheridan St
ELY, Minnesota 55731-1452
United States
Phone 218-365-7808
Twitter @savethebwca
Unique Identifier 010743018