The Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment (“Subcommittee”) of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure held a September 20th.
The Menominee Tribe considers the lands, which span Michigan and Wisconsin across the Menominee River, culturally and historically significant. But a Michigan board's decision to approve historic designation for the site angers some Upper Peninsula lawmakers, who say it will interfere with the proposed Back Forty mining project.
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