Wisconsin Resources Protection Council

January 10, 2020

Eagle Herald

Dear Editor,

Hail the hundreds of letter writers who have challenged the insanity of digging a gold mine on the shore of our Menominee River. This project would benefit the few temporarily and cause permanent damages to millions of living creatures: plants of the water and land, fish, denizens of forest and you and I. Will we really ignore the delicate balance of our mostly healthy sustainable ecology and turn our living space into a wasteland of acidic soil and water?

January 10, 2020

Eagle Herald

Dear Editor,

Life, as we know it, requires water. Water is essential for all land, sky and aquatic life. Sixty to 78% of our bodies are water, and we still need to drink it. We love water recreation too, and our tourism economy depends on it.

January 9, 2020

Eagle Herald

Dear Editor,

Merry Christmas, said the Aquila Resources radio ad. But the only thing they left us in their stocking is fool’s gold. Let’s not be the fool in their stocking. If allowed to dig the Back Forty Mine, Aquila would destroy the watershed with acid mine drainage — a byproduct of mineral extraction. Shakey Lakes — the crown jewel of Lake Township — would be one of the first casualties of the mine. This popular county park would be decimated by air, water and noise pollution. Acid mine drainage — similar to battery acid — would seep into wetlands and ruin downstream wells.

January 9, 2020

Dear WRPC Member and Friends of the Menominee River,

January 25 marks the one-year anniversary of the Brazilian mine tailings dam rupture that released almost 3 billion gallons of toxic mine waste and killed 270 people in Brazil’s deadliest-ever mining accident. After the catastrophic failure, Brazil not only banned the upstream design at issue in the disaster for future mines, but mandated that every existing mine tailings dam of that design be decommissioned. As I’ve written in an extensive background report, why would Wisconsin and Michigan residents put up with what Brazil will not? The report is online at UrbanMilwaukee.com

January 2, 2020

Eagle Herald

Dear Editor,

We all know there has never been a metallic sulfide mine that hasn’t poisoned the environment and there is no reason to think it will be any different with the proposed Back 40 Mine, less than 50 yards from the Menominee River. Their permit applications already show they intend to pollute.

by Isiah Holmes

December 18, 2019

Wisconsin Examiner

Mine on Wisconsin border would use approach that has resulted in 46 catastrophic failures in last 20 years.

by Al Gedicks

December 13, 2019

UrbanMilwaukee.com

For the communities downstream from the proposed Back Forty open pit mine on the Michigan-Wisconsin border, the threat of a massive release of toxic mine waste into the Menominee River is a nightmare scenario. Why would Wisconsin and Michigan residents put up with what Brazil will not?  After a catastrophic mine tailings dam collapse in Brumadinho, Brazil killed 270 people in January of 2019 Brazil not only banned that design for future mines, but mandated that every existing mine tailings dam of that design be decommissioned. The dam collapse was the world’s deadliest in more than 50 years.

Published by Door County Pulse, Peninsula Pulse –  December 6th, 2019

PENNY MULLINS, EH news editor/digital director

December 6, 2019

Eagle Herald

MENOMINEE — Tom Boerner, who owns land in Lake Township directly adjacent to the Back Forty Mine, said Wednesday he doesn’t see the recent decision by a state review panel as changing too much in his and others fight against the gold and silver mine becoming a reality in Menominee County.

November 20, 2019

Eagle Herald