RustyLMehlberg<p>SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING:</p><p>A <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/severe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>severe</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/thunderstorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thunderstorm</span></a> capable of producing 3hail up to ping-pong ball size is pushing through the eastern half of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/BoundaryWaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoundaryWaters</span></a> region of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Northland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Northland</span></a>. </p><p>Be prepared to seek shelter as it passes through.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/wxtooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wxtooter</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/wx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wx</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MNwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MNwx</span></a></p>
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RustyLMehlberg<p>4 P.M. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/RADAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RADAR</span></a> UPDATE:</p><p>The current focus for the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/showers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>showers</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/thunderstorms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thunderstorms</span></a> forming as part of a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/storm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storm</span></a> system pushing into the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Northland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Northland</span></a> is the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/BoundaryWaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoundaryWaters</span></a> region.</p><p>This will push south as we go through the night and throughout the day Tuesday. Heavy <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rainfall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rainfall</span></a> is the greatest threat.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/wxtooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wxtooter</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/wx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wx</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MNwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MNwx</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WIwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WIwx</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UPwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UPwx</span></a></p>
Shelia Hunt Fine Art<p>Pure silence. Untouched beauty. Rose Lake’s wilderness will stop you in your tracks — See this stunning scene from the Pacific Northwest. <a href="https://buff.ly/I5ZQ6Ir" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/I5ZQ6Ir</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://photog.social/tags/BoundaryWaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoundaryWaters</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/RoseLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoseLake</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/WallArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WallArt</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/RoseLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoseLake</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/SheliaHuntPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SheliaHuntPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/BuyIntoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuyIntoArt</span></a></p>
Shelia Hunt Fine Art<p>Pure silence. Untouched beauty. Rose Lake’s wilderness will stop you in your tracks — see why collectors love this shot.<br><a href="https://shelia-hunt.pixels.com/featured/rose-lake-wilderness-boundary-waters-minnesota-shelia-hunt.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shelia-hunt.pixels.com/feature</span><span class="invisible">d/rose-lake-wilderness-boundary-waters-minnesota-shelia-hunt.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://photog.social/tags/BoundaryWaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoundaryWaters</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/RoseLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoseLake</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/WallArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WallArt</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/RoseLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoseLake</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/SheliaHuntPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SheliaHuntPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/BuyIntoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuyIntoArt</span></a></p>
Shelia Hunt Fine Art<p>Escape to wild Minnesota waters.<br><a href="https://shelia-hunt.pixels.com/featured/minnesota-boundary-waters-canoe-area-shelia-hunt.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shelia-hunt.pixels.com/feature</span><span class="invisible">d/minnesota-boundary-waters-canoe-area-shelia-hunt.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://photog.social/tags/BoundaryWaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoundaryWaters</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/MinnesotaNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinnesotaNature</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/SheliaHuntPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SheliaHuntPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/BuyIntoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuyIntoArt</span></a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/WallArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WallArt</span></a></p>
Hopper The Cocker<p>Three nights in the boundary waters - my happy place. Almost a year after breaking my leg, it felt ok carrying the canoe but each step was ever so careful. </p><p>Torrential rain on the way out turning portage into streams and for deep puddles. </p><p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/bwcaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bwcaw</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/boundarywaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boundarywaters</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/lake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lake</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/canoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canoe</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fungi</span></a></p>
RustyLMehlberg<p>7 P.M. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/RADAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RADAR</span></a> UPDATE:</p><p>Some good news on the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/severe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>severe</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> front as a cap in the atmosphere is holding out just enough.</p><p>One lone thunderstorm cluster is pushing through the western <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/BoundaryWaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoundaryWaters</span></a> region of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Northland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Northland</span></a>, but it is not severe.</p><p>Severe <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Thunderstorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thunderstorm</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Watch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Watch</span></a> does continue until 1 a.m. for the northern and western half of the Northland.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/wxtooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wxtooter</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/wx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wx</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MNwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MNwx</span></a></p>
Paul Kuyper 🇺🇸<p>I was off the grid for the last week in the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BoundaryWaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoundaryWaters</span></a> and it was amazing. We need to continue to protect areas like this. In addition to the environment, you can tell these small towns benefit economically from these natural resources. Canoes and Outfitters everywhere. </p><p>It was wonderful to have no idea what was going on in the world and not have any internet access. 😌</p>
Kurt Kremitzki<p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BoundaryWaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoundaryWaters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canoe</span></a> Area <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wilderness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wilderness</span></a>" sounds so epic... You just gotta know there's adventure happening there prolly 24/7</p>
lvgaldieri<p><strong>An April Set of Boundary Waters Documents, or, Mr. Altikes Comes to Washington</strong></p><p>Back on February 7th, in a Joint Status Report filed with the US District Court of the District of Columbia, the Department of Interior agreed to conduct additional searches in response to my Freedom of Information Act request regarding the renewal of mineral leases near the Boundary Waters held by Chilean conglomerate Antofagasta, Plc. This was a tacit admission that the initial searches the Office of the Solicitor conducted (and which produced about 6,000 pages of records) were inadequate, as I complained to the court. Specifically, those first records searches appear to have deliberately excluded any search terms having to do with the Chilean side of this story. Now a new release of documents — just over 1,000 pages, and the first in what is supposed to be a series of monthly releases — helps us fill in the Chilean picture just a little more and add more detail to <a href="https://lvgaldieri.com/2018/03/12/twin-metals-at-interior-a-timeline/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the timeline</a>.</p><p>These documents (in five parts, <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6841762-19-Cv-02253-Combined-Supplemental-Documents.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">1</a>, <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6841763-19-Cv-02253-Combined-Supplemental-Documents.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2</a>, <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6841764-19-Cv-02253-Combined-Supplemental-Documents.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">3</a>, <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6841765-19-Cv-02253-Combined-Supplemental-Documents.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">4</a>, <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6841761-19-Cv-02253-Combined-Supplemental-Documents.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">5</a>) are now posted on documentcloud.org along with the other Boundary Waters documents I’ve obtained through FOIA.</p><p>The new records are mostly emails, all very thoroughly redacted, from the files of Karen Hawbecker, Acting Deputy Solicitor, Energy and Mineral Resources. They include some documents that came along as attachments — briefings, drafts of letters, and so on. As the timeline shows, Hawbecker was in the Twin Metals loop as early as February 7, 2017, just a little over two weeks after the inauguration, and, as these new records remind us, she stayed in the loop.</p><p>In fact, one of the more striking records included in this new release takes us well beyond the 2017 decision timeline I’ve been tracing (and beyond the scope of my initial records request). It’s a Building Admittance Request form dated May 8, 2018, that shows Hawbecker meeting with Daniel Altikes, Vice President of Antofagasta, Plc. Along with him is Kevin Baker, Vice President of Legal Affairs, Twin Metals Minnesota, and two lobbyists from WilmerHale.</p><a href="http://lvgaldieri.com/2020/04/17/an-april-set-of-boundary-waters-documents-or-mr-altikes-comes-to-washington/alikeshawbecker/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><p>This meeting comes less than a week after Mitchell Leverette of the Department of Interior <a href="http://www.twin-metals.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018.05.02-Twin-Metals-Lease-Reinstatement-Decision-002.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">notified </a>Kevin Baker that he was reinstating the leases near the Boundary Waters, on May 2, 2018.</p><p>Up until now, we knew that Antofagasta had a couple of meetings with high level officials at the Department of Interior about their mineral leases in Minnesota. Now it appears that Altikes and the Chilean company had much easier and more frequent access to Trump administration officials than I ever realized. So, for example, we find Altikes <a href="https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/uploads/18-01660cb.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">on the calendar</a> of then-Assistant Secretary of Land and Minerals Management Joseph Balash, meeting with Interior officials on October 3, 2018 along with Twin Metals CEO Kelly Osborne.</p><p></p><p>This was just about a month after Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue <a href="https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2018/09/06/usda-removes-roadblock-mineral-exploration-rainy-river-watershed" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">announced</a> that USDA had cancelled a two-year scientific review of a proposed mineral withdrawal for the Rainy River Watershed, removing “a major obstacle to mineral leasing in Minnesota.” The topic of this October 2018 meeting with Altikes and Osborne was: “to share our hopeful schedule/milestones for the next 24 months.” Interior and Antofagasta are now working in synch.</p><p>A <a href="https://www.vanguardlawmag.com/case-studies/daniel-altikes-antofagasta-minerals/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">profile of Altikes</a> in Vanguard magazine gives him all the credit:</p><blockquote><p>…it was the challenge posed by American regulatory regimes that proved the most daunting. Five years after laying the legal groundwork for a massive mining venture, the project — totaling hundreds of millions of dollars of investment — got challenged by U.S. regulators.<br>For foreign-born lawyers like Altikes, such circumstances — navigating one of the world’s most confounding and complex regulatory structures — would’ve been reason enough to quit and cut the losses.<br>Owing to his extensive experience working with American firms, Altikes knew that his only recourse was to immerse himself in the head-spinning legal waters of Washington, D.C.<br>In time, he started interfacing directly with governmental representatives….</p></blockquote><p>Another, earlier example also leads us to Sonny Perdue’s decision to cancel the two-year scientific study. On September 28, 2017, Altikes <a href="https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/uploads/17-01307ca_devito_sept_2017.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">met</a> with <a href="https://departmentofinfluence.org/person/vincent-devito/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Vincent DeVito</a>, who was then Counselor to the Secretary for Energy Policy. The April documents suggest how this meeting may have come about.</p><p>On June 15, 2017, Karen Hawbecker drafted a letter to Ian Duckworth, Chief Operating Officer of Twin Metals Minnesota, and circulated the draft internally for comment. It is a reply to a letter Duckworth sent on May 26, 2017, the contents of which we can infer from Hawbecker’s reply.<strong>*</strong> Duckworth had complained about the proposed mineral withdrawal of Superior National Forest and asked, or demanded, that the US Forest Service cancel its application for withdrawal, or that the Bureau of Land Management deny the Forest Service’s application. In her response, Hawbecker also acknowledges Duckworth’s request for a meeting with then-Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and directs Duckworth to contact the administrative assistant for Vincent DeVito and schedule a meeting with him.</p><a href="http://lvgaldieri.com/2020/04/17/an-april-set-of-boundary-waters-documents-or-mr-altikes-comes-to-washington/hawbeckerduckworth20170615/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><p></p><p>DeVito’s 2017 public calendars are not searchable, so they have to be scanned one day at a time. I have not yet come across a meeting with Duckworth on them, but the September 28 meeting with Altikes — the top lawyer for Duckworth’s Chilean boss — obviously followed from Duckworth’s complaint. (As if to prepare for the meeting with Altikes, DeVito also met with Twin Metals lobbyists from WilmerHale three days earlier, on September 25.)</p><p>What prompted Duckworth to complain about the proposed mineral withdrawal on May 26 is also clear and worth pointing out: the <a href="https://lvgaldieri.com/2018/09/14/sonny-perdue-broke-his-word-on-the-boundary-waters/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">testimony</a> of Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, just one day earlier, at a hearing on the US Forest Service Budget held by the House Committee on Appropriations.</p><p>At that hearing, Representative Betty McCollum asked Perdue along with US Forest Service chief Tom Tidwell whether the Forest Service would let the two-year federal scientific study of sulfide mining in Superior National Forest go forward. Secretary Perdue reassured Representative McCollum that he and Secretary Zinke had “already met about this” and he would “absolutely” allow the scientific study to proceed.</p><p>He did not, of course, and the Forest Service still refuses to release the findings of the incomplete study. They’ve issued a <a href="https://lvgaldieri.com/2020/03/04/whats-being-hidden-hoo/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wholly redacted copy</a>, and now <a href="https://www.startribune.com/u-s-forest-service-denies-minnesota-request-for-elusive-research-on-copper-mining-impacts/569670722/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">they claim</a> the study includes only “deliberative pre-decision materials” that are not suitable for public release and would only create confusion if they were released.</p><p>It remains unclear why Perdue went back on his word and <a href="https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2018/09/06/usda-removes-roadblock-mineral-exploration-rainy-river-watershed" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">abruptly cancelled</a> the US Forest Service study in September of 2018. We can see that Hawbecker cc’d USDA on her June 2017 reply to Duckworth. Just months later, an executive from Antofagasta would have the high-level meeting Duckworth sought the day after the Secretary of Agriculture said he would listen to the scientists.</p><p><strong>*CORRECTION 26 April 2020.</strong> In my latest review of the documents produced so far, I found a copy of the Duckworth letter, written the day after Sonny Perdue testified that he would allow the scientific study to go forward. The letter is addressed to both Ryan Zinke and Sonny Perdue. (Hawbecker’s reply mentions only Zinke. We don’t know if USDA replied, or if Hawbecker’s was the only reply.)</p> <a href="https://lvgaldieri.com/2020/04/17/an-april-set-of-boundary-waters-documents-or-mr-altikes-comes-to-washington/duckworth-letter-1/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> </a> <p></p> <p> </p> <a href="https://lvgaldieri.com/2020/04/17/an-april-set-of-boundary-waters-documents-or-mr-altikes-comes-to-washington/duckworth-letter-2/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> </a> <p></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> The letter accompanied a four-page Twin Metals legal memorandum. </p><p><em>Read more about the Boundary Waters reversal <a href="https://lvgaldieri.com/prosperity-a-lake-superior-project/the-boundary-waters-reversal/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.</em></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/anti-science/" target="_blank">#antiScience</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/antofagasta/" target="_blank">#Antofagasta</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/boundary-waters/" target="_blank">#BoundaryWaters</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/corruption/" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/foia/" target="_blank">#FOIA</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/freedom-of-information-act/" target="_blank">#FreedomOfInformationAct</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/regulatory-capture/" target="_blank">#regulatoryCapture</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/sonny-perdue/" target="_blank">#SonnyPerdue</a></p>
AnonInfo<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BoundaryWaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoundaryWaters</span></a> </p><p>Minnesota’s boundary waters are pristine. Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ could pollute them forever</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/06/minnesota-boundary-waters-pollution" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">un/06/minnesota-boundary-waters-pollution</span></a></p>
CAVE ALIEN<p>New song “Boundary Waters” out now! Save the BWCA!</p><p><a href="https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/cavealien/boundary-waters/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">distrokid.com/hyperfollow/cave</span><span class="invisible">alien/boundary-waters/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BWCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BWCA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/boundarywaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boundarywaters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MinnesotaMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinnesotaMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/megasota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megasota</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CAVEALIEN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CAVEALIEN</span></a></p>
lvgaldieri<p><strong>Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum Wants Just 90 Days to Hand the Boundary Waters Over to a Foreign Mining Company</strong></p><p>This morning, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum again joined Twin Metals to urge the DC District Court of Appeals to put the Boundary Waters litigation on hold. </p><p>The Burgum Reply explains that a review of the Twin Metals matter is already underway at Interior; and it assures the court that this review will be an exercise in a foregone conclusion: “there is a meaningful likelihood that the contours of the issues presented in this case will change as a result of the agency’s review.” </p><p>The filing also reveals that Interior has placed the previous Solicitor’s legal opinion under “Suspension Review,” which means that “Interior may not ‘rely on those M-opinions as authoritative and binding without first consulting with the Office of the Solicitor for guidance.'” </p><p>That office is currently headed by Acting Solicitor Gregory Zerzan, who in the past has held a number of government positions and served as Principal Deputy Solicitor under Daniel Jorjani in Trump’s first term. Jorjani, of course, wrote the M-Opinion that determined Chilean mining giant Antofagasta plc had a “non-discretionary” right to renewal of its leases near the Boundary Waters. (I’ve written about that opinion, its genesis, its selective use of history, and its contorted logic at length on this blog and elsewhere. This <a href="https://lvgaldieri.com/?s=jorjani+m-opinion" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">link</a> should bring up some of those posts.). </p><p>Neither Burgum nor the attorneys for Antofagasta seem especially confident that the Chilean mining company can win on the merits, and they are asking for a 90-day reprieve to render this case moot. </p> <a href="https://lvgaldieri.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/250307BurgumReplyrd.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">250307BurgumReplyrd</a><a href="https://lvgaldieri.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/250307BurgumReplyrd.pdf" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Download</a> <p><a href="https://lvgaldieri.com/?post_type=post&p=10275" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Subscribe</a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/administrative-state/" target="_blank">#administrativeState</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/boundary-waters/" target="_blank">#BoundaryWaters</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/corruption/" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/daniel-jorjani/" target="_blank">#DanielJorjani</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/mining/" target="_blank">#mining</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/water/" target="_blank">#Water</a></p>
Louis V. Galdieri<p>The Trump administration's push for mining on the edge of the Boundary Waters now becomes part of a larger, unapologetic territory and resource grab. This belligerence casts the story I've been following for the past -- what? decade? -- in a harsh new light. Trying to get my head around this.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/boundarywaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boundarywaters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lakesuperior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lakesuperior</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resourcehoarding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resourcehoarding</span></a></p>
CHICAGO ASK A PUNK<p><strong>Rotundos - Constant Headache - Vatos Tristes - Boundary Waters</strong></p>
<p>Reggies, Friday, February 28 at 07:00 PM CST</p><p>Local punk Americana, mexwest emo, math-punk </p>
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Louis V. Galdieri<p>Secretary of Interior Doug Burgum Runs Interference for a Foreign Mining Company</p><p>Yesterday evening, Trump's Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum filed a motion asking the DC Circuit Court of Appeals to hold the Boundary Waters litigation "in abeyance." </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/boundarywaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boundarywaters</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://lvgaldieri.com/2025/02/19/secretary-of-interior-doug-burgum-runs-interference-for-a-foreign-mining-company/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lvgaldieri.com/2025/02/19/secr</span><span class="invisible">etary-of-interior-doug-burgum-runs-interference-for-a-foreign-mining-company/</span></a></p>
Sergio<p>Trump, Musk move to oust EPA staff in the Great Lakes region, including dozens responsible for protecting drinking water for 30 million in US and Canada <br />The war continues! <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@FriendsBWCAW" class="u-url mention">@<span>FriendsBWCAW</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StopmuskNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StopmuskNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StoptrumpNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StoptrumpNow</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GreatLakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreatLakes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LakeSuperior" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LakeSuperior</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BoundaryWaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BoundaryWaters</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-musk-move-oust-epa-172100200.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/trump-musk-move</span><span class="invisible">-oust-epa-172100200.html</span></a></p>
Alaric Hobbs‘Unshore’, Old suitcase, sand and air humidifier, 2024.<br>
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c. 1400, unseur, of a place, “not safe against attack,” also, of persons, “lacking certainty,” from un- “not” and sure. By early 15c. as “dependent on chance.”<br>
The key of return—the symbolic act of holding onto the keys to their homes—embodies Palestinian resilience and the enduring connection to their homeland amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza (and previously, the Nakba). Central to Palestinian culture and activism, it signifies resistance and the relentless pursuit of justice. <br>
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Using sand from his garden, Alaric explores the concept of “home from home,” with the coastline serving as both a border and a gateway, symbolising departure, arrival, and displacement. This piece reflects on “emotional baggage” and “living from a suitcase,” addressing the shared trauma of refugees and rough sleepers.<br>
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lvgaldieri<p><strong>Oral Argument in the Boundary Waters Litigation Scheduled for January</strong></p><p>This clerk’s order was posted to the docket in <em>Twin Metals v. US</em> at 4PM on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. I’d already gone offline by then, and didn’t see it until this morning. </p><p>Oral arguments are now scheduled for 9:30AM Eastern on Monday, 13 January, 2025, exactly one week before Inauguration Day. (Some post-election context and links to other posts about this case <a href="https://lvgaldieri.com/2024/11/20/a-follow-up-on-yesterdays-filing-in-the-boundary-waters-litigation-post-election-context/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.) </p><p>The clerk has not yet issued the separate order allocating time for arguments. Nor has the court said anything yet about the composition of the panel. That critical information will be posted on the court’s Oral Argument <a href="https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/calendar/calendar.php?cal=FutureDates" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Calendar</a>.<strong>*</strong> Arguments are ordinarily livestreamed on the court’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/USCourtsCADC" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a> and audio recordings of proceedings are <a href="https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/recordings/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">archived</a>.</p> <a href="https://lvgaldieri.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/oral-argument-twin-metals-v.-us-241127.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Oral Argument – Twin Metals v. US 241127</a><a href="https://lvgaldieri.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/oral-argument-twin-metals-v.-us-241127.pdf" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Download</a> <p><strong>*Update, 18 December 2024</strong>. According to the court’s calendar, the three judge panel will consist of Judge <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Wilkins" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Robert L. Wilkins</a>, Judge <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_G._Katsas" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Gregory G. Katsas</a>, and Senior Judge <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_T._Edwards" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Harry T. Edwards</a>. I am not fond of characterizing judges as ideological creatures of the presidents who appointed them, but, for what it’s worth, Wilkins is an Obama appointee; Katsas was appointed by Trump; and Edwards was appointed by Jimmy Carter. </p><p>And a 17 December 24 entry in the docket indicates that Aileen M. McGrath, Appellate and Supreme Court Partner at Morrison Foerster, will appear on behalf of the appellee groups <a href="https://lvgaldieri.com/2024/02/02/while-waiting-for-a-scheduling-order-in-the-boundary-waters-case/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">I am calling</a> the Civil Society group. </p> <p>Type your email…</p><p>Subscribe</p> <p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/anto/" target="_blank">#ANTO</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/boundary-waters/" target="_blank">#BoundaryWaters</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/kleptocracy/" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/public-lands/" target="_blank">#publicLands</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/public-wealth/" target="_blank">#publicWealth</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/resource-hoarding/" target="_blank">#resourceHoarding</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/water/" target="_blank">#Water</a></p>
lvgaldieri<p><strong>First Post-Election Filing in Boundary Waters Litigation</strong></p><p>Here’s the brief, filed today at around 5PM. </p> <a href="https://lvgaldieri.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/twinmetalsreplybrief241119-1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">TwinMetalsReplyBrief241119</a><a href="https://lvgaldieri.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/twinmetalsreplybrief241119-1.pdf" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Download</a> <p></p> <p>Type your email…</p><p>Subscribe</p> <p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/anto/" target="_blank">#ANTO</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/administrative-ethics/" target="_blank">#administrativeEthics</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/administrative-procedure-act/" target="_blank">#administrativeProcedureAct</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/boundary-waters/" target="_blank">#BoundaryWaters</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/corruption/" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/critical-minerals/" target="_blank">#criticalMinerals</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/power/" target="_blank">#power</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://lvgaldieri.com/tag/water/" target="_blank">#Water</a></p>
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