Wilderness Preservation II: Bringing the Convention Into Court
The Convention on Nature Protection and Wild Life Preservation in the Western Hemisphere1 was introduced in an article in the May issue of ELR,2 in the context of an analysis of the recent decision in Izaak Walton League v. St. Clair.3 The author suggested that the Convention provided independent grounds for support of Judge Neville's opinion enjoining mining activities in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of the National Wilderness Preservation System.