Stefanie Tsosie, Attorney, Tribal Partnerships Program, Earthjustice: "The Menominee tribe has been pushing for this listing regardless of whether there's a mine there."
Stephanie Tsosie, senior attorney, Tribal Partnerships Program, Earthjustice: “The Menominee Tribes have been working on this process for many, many years. There are cultural, historical, and spiritual sites within this area.”
Gussie Lord, Managing Attorney, Tribal Partnerships Program, Earthjustice: “The state of Michigan should realize that Aquila Resources has never been honest, nor transparent, about its plans, and that this project cannot be built without pollution, impairment and destruction of the Menominee River and its ecosystem.”
A Circuit Court judge in Michigan ordered an Administrative Law Judge to re-consider a decision granting a mining permit for Aquila Resources' Back 40 Mine, and to enlarge the record…
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, asks the Court to require the federal agencies to assume primary control over the wetland permit and…
With the help of Earthjustice, the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin is fighting the development of an 80-acre mine just 50 yards from the Menominee River.
On behalf of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin (the “Menominee Tribe”), we ask that you take immediate action to remedy ongoing violations of a non-discretionary duty under the Clean…
