Mining

Mining

Our Purpose

The Forum offers this section of its web site as a source of information that reflects many perspectives expressed in a community where a mine is operated or proposed. The links included here are meant to offer information that can help communities make well-informed choices for their future. Inclusion in this database does not necessarily mean the Forum overtly supports any one mine, position, perspective, or resource.

Mining Information

For information concerning specific states/province please click on the icon.

	Mining in the State of Michigan
	Mining in the State of Minnesota
	Mining in the State of Wisconsin
	Mining in the Province of Ontario

Geographic Locations

Below is a map of the exploratory drilling operations, current, and proposed mining sites in the Lake Superior basin as of November 2011. This map was prepared by the Lake Superior Workgroup’s Mining Committee.

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Who We Are and Disclosure

What is the Forum and what do we do.
The Forum is part of the broader Lake Superior Binational Program.
The Binational Program has developed a Lakewide Management Plan (LaMP) that identifies priority lake management issues and goals and outlines ways to reach these goals.
Part of the LaMP includes a unique Zero Discharge Demonstration Program that calls for point source discharge reductions of 9 of the most toxic chemicals found in the lake. The vision of this demonstration program is to have zero discharges of these chemicals by 2020.

The Forum does not take a position for or against any mine in the basin, but the group does promote the goals of the Zero Discharge Demonstration Program and the broader ecosystem goals as outlined in the LaMP. The Forum recently sent a statement to Wisconsin legislators regarding proposed legislation changes. View Statement

In 1991, the Forum wrote and adopted by consensus a groundbreaking vision statement that in effect speaks for the water and a sustainable economy. The first line of that Vision Statement is “Water is life, and the quality of water determines the quality of life.” The vision statement also highlights the need for sustainable community and economic development.

The U.S. Forum Coordinator is located at the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute on the Northland College campus. The Institute and Northland College support the Forum’s functions of convening opportunities and meetings that provide reasoned information from diverse perspectives to help people make informed decisions about issues in their communities.