LANSING, MI-- Upper Peninsula lawmakers on Monday expressed displeasure with a recent Michigan administrative law judge decision to overturn a previously approved wetlands permit for the proposed Back Forty Mine in Menominee County, which is set to mine gold, zinc, and copper.
“Mining has been a critical component of the Upper Peninsula way of life for generations,” said Sens. Ed McBroom and Reps. Greg Markkanen, Beau LaFave and Sara Cambensy. “Our state has enacted some of the most stringent mining and environmental regulations in the world to ensure that Michigan mines must operate as good stewards and valued parts of our local communities.