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Save the Boundary Waters
This page ran 75 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 3 June 2026 and 21 October 2026. Meta reports $10–18.7K of spend, which makes it the 3,338th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Group or campaign. Most of its spend was on the Democrats’ side. Race: No specific race. Paid for by Northeastern MInnesotans for Wilderness.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026. · Every ad of this page in Meta’s Ad Library ↗
75
ads
$14.4K
reported spend, range $10–18.7K
0.0%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 75 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- Ron Johnson$4K
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
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Spend by race: No specific race 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
The costliest ads
The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.
BREAKING NEWS 🚨: Governor Walz issues Executive Order, taking a monumental step for Boundary Waters protections. This order implements critical Minnesota state protections for the Boundary Waters watershed from sulfide-ore copper mining and calls for the passage of legislation that would permanently protect the Wilderness. https://www.savetheboundarywaters.org/action-center
18 August 2026 · Save the Boundary Waters · $5–6K · 1M+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin sold out the Boundary Waters to a foreign mining company—opening the headwaters to copper mining and giving free contracts to Chinese smelters. Hold him accountable.
29 June 2026 · Save the Boundary Waters · $3.5–4K · 1M+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Mike Maleska spent 42 years working in mining and served as a union leader. Hear why his experience leads him to ask hard questions about copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters.
23 September 2026 · Save the Boundary Waters · $800 – $899 · 125K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
For Colleen Needles, the Boundary Waters are more than a destination- they’re connected to Minnesota’s communities, families, and sense of place. Hear why she believes protecting this landscape matters.
2 October 2026 · Save the Boundary Waters · $100 – $199 · 15K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Don Shelby has spent decades exploring the Boundary Waters Wilderness. Hear him reflect on how political decisions can be temporary, but environmental impacts can last far longer.
2 October 2026 · Save the Boundary Waters · $100 – $199 · 30K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Outdoorsman and Minnesota storyteller Bill Sherck has spent his career in wild places. Hear why he believes the Boundary Waters is worth protecting.
2 October 2026 · Save the Boundary Waters · $100 – $199 · 20K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Figures cover domestic political ads paid in dollars, from 4 May 2026. Spend is the sum of Meta’s range midpoints; impressions above one million are reported as “1M+”, so impression figures are floors. Each ad counts in the week its delivery started, with its lifetime spend at our last pull; ads still running before the vote are counted as of 31 October 2026.
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