Teddy Roosevelt's descendants press senators on public lands [View all]
Source: The Hill
02/16/26 11:52 AM ET
Descendants of former President Theodore Roosevelt, known for his conservationism, are pressing senators over public lands in Minnesota. In a letter from earlier this month obtained by The New York Times and addressed to members of the Senate, the former president’s descendants pressed the lawmakers to not vote for a resolution going back on a Biden administration decision to prevent mining in a wilderness area in Minnesota.
“The purpose of this letter is to strongly recommend all Senators vote against H.J. Res. 140, to ask you to work with President Trump to seek ways to permanently protect the Boundary Waters, and to send a unified message that America is still a land that relentlessly protects its greatest wilderness terrain,” the descendants wrote. Last month, the House voted to scrap the Biden administration decision on mining. Through a 214-208 vote, the lower chamber backed revoking safeguards for an area close to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota.
“Because of the foresight of America’s early Republican leaders, the Boundary Waters has risen (as per the Department of the Interior) to become America’s most heavily visited wilderness area. Its greatness goes way beyond Minnesota, it is the fourth pillar of all of America’s greatest continental wilderness terrain,” Roosevelt’s descendants wrote.
While in office, Roosevelt set up 230 million acres of public lands, founded the U.S. Forest Service and helped create multiple national parks.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5740233-minnesota-wilderness-mining-resolution/
Link to LETTER (PDF) - https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/7017387744a50a3d/319aaad7-full.pdf
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