Ingrid Lyons

“The Federal Government sold out our canoe country earlier this year by stripping away protections that took hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans' voices and years of work to secure, all while ignoring science and the will of the public,”

Ingrid Lyons · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19

Lyons issued a statement criticizing the federal government's earlier removal of mining protections.

“Now, our Governor is doing right by Minnesota by pulling out all of the stops to keep toxic copper mining out of the headwaters of the Boundary Waters, while also calling on our state's legislature to finish the job permanently. Thank you, Governor, for your actions that save the Boundary Waters today, and for building a foundation from which to protect it for generations to come.”

Ingrid Lyons · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19

Lyons praised Governor Walz's executive order protecting the Boundary Waters.