Mining in the BWCA? Please tell me no!

[GusBob]

Pardon my avatar, but hearing the Trump admin going to open up mining in the region.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. No, not in the wilderness.

The two decisions apply to lands outside the wilderness.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

2. What and where is the BWCA ?

For those of us out here in the Great Pacific Northwest.

This isn't near the Sawtooth Range is it ?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

Far northern-northeastern MN, by the Canadian border. It's part of the Superior National Forest, and there are a lot of restrictions on where you can have any kind of motorized boat. Most of the lakes and streams are canoe-only - it's a very nice, wild, unspoiled area. https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd541129.pdf

[geardaddy]

4. It shares the border with Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario.

Many a time we've crossed over to Quetico to camp.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

6. Sut wyt ti, Geardaddy

[geardaddy]

7. Iawn diolch!

A chdi? Lle wyt ti'n byw?

[dflprincess]

10. Dia dhuit!

I know Scots when I see it, but I'm a tad more familiar with Irish. Not as much as I used to be. I was going to brush up on it with Duolingo but, unlike Spanish, they don't seem to have anyone pronouncing the words (and I really need to brush up on that). Go figure.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

11. Then you need glasses, dear

Because this is WELSH.

[dflprincess]

12. Damn!

I thought the spelling looked a little off so I did Google the phrases to check them & it came back confirming my idea they were Scots (and if you can't trust Google, who can you trust? )

Well, it has been a while since I dabbled in the language, at least I was in the right language family - just think of me as the confused elderly aunt.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

14. No worries.

But that's the Welsh flag on geardaddy's ID.

Bydd y Ddraigh Goch codi eto !

[Haggis for Breakfast]

13. Yn ol ar chi, Geardaddy.

Dim ond yma yn canu yn y glaw yn Maple Falls.

Ofalu amdanoch eigh hun.

[geardaddy]

15. Maple Falls, WA?

Mae'n swnio'n hyfryd iawn!

Cymera ofal dy hun hefyd!

[Haggis for Breakfast]

16. Ie. Ydych chi wedi bad i'n tirteg ?

Mae'r mynyddoedd yn brydferth. Mae'r aer mynydd yn lan. A'r glaw yn doreithiog !!

Ble rydych chi'n byw ?

Yn byw yn dda.

[geardaddy]

17. Dwi'n byw ym Minneapolis, MN

Gwlad o deg mil o lynnoedd!

[Haggis for Breakfast]

5. And they want to open this beautiful pristine area

to mining ???? WHAT is wrong with these people ?

Out here in Washington, we are fighting the scourge of off-shore drilling. It's insane how this administration is determined to destroy such beautiful wilderness that has been gifted TO THE PEOPLE. All of the people. As a veteran (with issues) I cannot say how vital and important natural areas are to our recovery.

I cannot wait to see these corporate whores removed from government.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Not the BWCA itself but an area near it.

Mining near it could be almost as destructive as actually mining in it.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

9. It's that first step that is so worrisome, though.

It's like, "Well, we're already there, we can just extend our activity further in the area." NO NO NO NO.

Like drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. It was limited to verifiable oil pockets, then they started drilling all over. Running roughshod over environmental protections and common sense, they gave us the BP Deep Water Horizon disaster, from which parts of the more sensitive Delta have not recovered. They killed the fishing and seafood industry - from catch to table - and all of those whose livelihoods depended on it. And so much more. If you want to look further back, go to Alaska and see what is still there from the Exxon Valdez debacle.

This administration has NO respect for the environment or the citizens of this nation. Their greed is palpable. And we will suffer for generations if we allow them to continue to rape this land.