Eric Hansen is the author of "Hiking Michigan's Upper Peninsula" and "Hiking Wisconsin". His recent op-ed entitled, "Headwaters are no place for toxic new mining" was recently published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. We encourage you to write to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and thank them for covering the issue… perhaps with a little encouragement they will cover the issue even further.
Following, are a few lines from Eric's op-ed…
"Take a moment to think about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and the nearby patches of Wisconsin, Lake Superior and Lake Michigan that border it. Picture the sparkling waterfalls, blueberries, brook trout and wave-washed shores there — the multitude of reasons so many think of this as God’s Country.
Thing is, change is in the air — and there’s a fair chance that it won’t be a good thing for the unspoiled waters of the U.P. — or for our water quality here, downstream, in Wisconsin.
New proposals for mining in the U.P. involve a method — metallic sulfide mining — known for its record of toxic water pollution."
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