The agency had already said they would look at whether its 1993 rules would protect the BWCAW. 7:53 pm, May 12, 2021 × Canoeists paddle a quiet stretch of the Kawishiwi River near Ely on a day trip in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. (2002 file / News Tribune) Minnesota regulators will review the state rules for copper-nickel mining within the same watershed as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness after a judge on Wednesday upheld an agreement allowing for the review and dismissed a challenge by Twin Metals, which is proposing such a mine in that watershed. Judge Laura Nelson in State District Court in St. Paul remanded the issues to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources so it could "institute appropriate administrative proceedings to consider and make findings and issue an order regarding the alleged inadequacy" and that Twin Metals' motion to dismiss "fails."