Opinion | Washington failed the Boundary Waters. Minnesota doesn’t have to.
- Posted on April 18, 2026
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Opinion | Washington failed the Boundary Waters. Minnesota doesn’t have to.

"The state has the authority and the tools to protect the Boundary Waters. And Gov. Tim Walz has every reason, legal, environmental and political, to use this authority," writes Chris Knopf of Friends of the Boundary Waters.