Federal Lands
National Forests
Superior National Forest
The NorthMet Project would create an open pit copper, nickel, cobalt and precious metals mine with adjacent stockpile areas; refurbish a portion of the former LTV Steel Mining Company (LTVSMC) processing plant and construct a new hydrometallurgical facility at the plant site; construct a new tailings basin facility on the site of LTVSMC tailings facilities; and add to existing utility infrastructure and rail lines. The Land Exchange would consist of USFS conveyance of Superior National Forest Lands encompassing the NorthMet mine site and surrounding lands to PolyMet, and USFS acquisition from PolyMet of up to five tracts of private lands within the Superior National Forest proclamation boundary
Northmet Mining Project and Land Exchange (U.S. Forest Service)
PolyMet Mining land exchange (U.S. Forest Service)
Mining Rights in Superior National Forest (American Forests)
PolyMet Mining Inc - Section 404 Permit (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
NorthMet Mining and Land Exchange Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) (Minnesota Dept. Natural Resources)
Exchanging lands to benefit the public and the project (PolyMet Mining)
Chippewa National Forest
St. Croix National Wild and Scenic River
National Wildlife Refuge Units
Witzig, Fred T. Voyageurs National Park.The Battle to Create Minnesota’s National Park (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 2014)
National Monument
Pipestone
Grand Portage
National Trails
Wilderness Areas
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (U.S. Forest Service)
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (Minnesota Dept. Natural Resources)
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness
Minnesota-United States Land Exchange
School Trust Fund Lands in BWCA (U.S. Forest Service)
BWCA land swap sparks major environmental review (Star Tribune Aug. 25, 2015)
School Trust Lands in the BWCAW (Save Our Sky Blue Waters)