Opinion: Rep Bachmann's St. Croix freeway earmark bill would burden taxpayers, harm river heritage

Rep. Michele Bachmann introduced a bill today that would burden taxpayers with an unnecessarily costly bridge while damaging one of our country's national river treasures. Rep. Bachmann's bill would create a loophole that strips the Lower St. Croix National Scenic Riverway of its Wild and Scenic River protections, allowing the immense, freeway-style bridge project to proceed and setting a dangerous precedent for other federally protected Wild and Scenic rivers nationwide.

American Rivers named the Lower St. Croix National Scenic Riverway one of America’s Most Endangered RiversTM in 2009.

Read more at American Rivers.