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Tonight, Deadpool willing, I'll be out on the water to take the new paddle board on its maiden voyage 🌊 On to the news 📢 [Eder Campuzano] By Eder Campuzano TODAY’S TOP STORIES - Hope, limbo, despair: Mexican family living in Minneapolis is deported after asylum bid denied]( - [Yia Vang's dream restaurant, Vinai, is finally a reality]( - [Park board members say Blue Line light rail crossing could endanger cyclists, pedestrians in north Minneapolis]( - [New contract for Twins to return to Comcast soon could be completed]( - [Blaine parents react to 'shockingly wicked' abuse case involving three infants at day care center](   Conservative plan calls for mining near Boundary Waters Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune What would a Republican presidency mean for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness? A proposal from the Heritage Foundation, a prominent conservative think tank, would see about 225,000 acres of national forest adjacent to the state's prized recreational destination come open for mining. The BWCAW earned a one-sentence mention in Project 2025, the organization's proposed platform for an incoming Republican administration. Former President Donald Trump has distanced himself from the proposal. In a Truth Social post, Trump said: "I don't know anything about it." But his running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, wrote the foreword for the book version of the 900-page proposal. The lands adjacent to the BWCAW have long been at the center of a tug-of-war between environmental groups and mining interests. Twin Metals Minnesota has proposed a copper-nickel mine for the area, which a spokesperson said is "essential to our nation's ability to transition to a cleaner future, bolster national security, create American jobs and strengthen domestic supply chains." Company officials say they are not affiliated with and have not met with anyone from Project 2025. Friends of the Boundary Waters Executive Director Chris Knopf said the conservative platform's impact on the area would be "catastrophic." In addition to environmental concerns, he and others say mining near the pristine wilderness would endanger the recreational economy. "People come from all over the world to experience the Boundary Waters, and this risks the current jobs that are dependent upon it," Knopf said. Louis Krauss has the full story about [Project 2025's potential impact on the BWCAW here](. 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