Activists, Menominee Tribe Fight Back Forty Mine urbanmilwaukee.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from urbanmilwaukee.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
the demonstration site
Adjourn, with our Thanks !!
Menominee River, Inc.
A FREE event, open to the public, to protect our water and sacred sites from the threat posed by the Back Forty Mine project.
Come join us Friday, July 16 at 12:00 noon at Stephenson Island, 1680 Bridge St., Marinette, WI, to celebrate and bless the Menominee River – with participation by the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, the Indigenous Caucus of the Western Mining Action Network, and the Coalition to SAVE the Menominee River, Inc.
A special ceremony will be held by members of the Menominee Nation to bless the waters of the Menominee River – which is their namesake River and the location of many sites sacred to the Tribe.
cbleck@miningjournal.net
STEPHENSON Aquila Resources Inc. has decided not to proceed with its appeal regarding a recent wetlands permit for its Back Forty Mine near Stephenson.
The company announced on Tuesday that it will not move forward with the appeal of the January decision by an administrative law judge to deny the prior issuance of the wetlands permit.
Aquila also said in its announcement that as the amended mining permit considers only the open pit portion of the project, there’s no benefit to continuing to dedicate resources to a permit under which the company does not plan to proceed.
MENOMINEE COUNTY, MI Aquila Resources says it won’t appeal a judge’s denial of a wetlands permit for its Back Forty Mine in Menominee County.
The company says it’s conducting a feasibility study of the gold and zinc mine that would reduce surface impact and therefore wetlands impact by focusing more on underground operations. The study is evaluating open pit configurations and infrastructure layouts that avoid direct impact to regulated wetlands and planning more underground mining activity.
Aquila says changes to and enhancements of the original feasibility study in 2018 mean the company won’t appeal a January decision by an Administrative Law Judge to deny the prior issuance of the wetlands permit. Aquila also will not proceed with the contested case of its amended mining permit, as the amended permit only focuses the open pit portion of the project, which has changed.
Native Activism: Protesting DAPL, Line 3, and Back Forty Mine wortfm.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wortfm.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.