OPINION: The time is now to oppose the Back Forty Mine


OPINION: The time is now to oppose the Back Forty Mine


One of our most precious resources with living in northeast Wisconsin is our fresh water. We live in the Great Lakes Basin, which contains literally 20 percent of all the fresh water in the world.

After years of abusing this resource by dumping of toxic chemicals into our waterways, we have helped our lakes and waterways make a strong rebound through citizen, governmental and corporate action to clean up our water.

Millions of dollars have been invested in remediation efforts to restore contaminated waterways like the Lower Fox River, the Menominee River and the bay of Green Bay. Our waters are cleaner now from the aftereffects of toxic sediments than they have been in decades....

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