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Menominee Tribe Files Lawsuit Over Back Forty Mine Clean Water Act Wetlands Permit

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The proposed mine site is located within a Menominee cultural landscape that includes tribal burial grounds, ancient agricultural sites and ceremonial sites of significance to the Menominee Tribe. Janette Brimmer/ Earthjustice

The permit would allow mine developers to fill and excavate Menominee River wetlands

Kenosha, Wisconsin—(ENEWSPF)—January 23, 2018

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By: Janette Brimmer and Melissa Cook

Yesterday the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin filed a lawsuit in federal courtagainst the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the…

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