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ASHLAND (WKOW) – At least 200 people attended a hearing
in Ashland to let legislators know how they feel about legislation to
streamline the state's mining laws.
According to the Wisconsin State Journal, most of the
participants were against changing the states permitting process. They said
they're concerned about environmental damage that could take decades to repair.
The listening session was organized in response to
proposed legislation that would help a mining company open a massive iron mine in
far northwestern Wisconsin.
Republicans said the bill will help it create hundreds of
jobs. Mike Wiggins Jr. is the tribal
chairman of the Bad River Chippewa Band and he says the mine would threaten
sacred rice beds. Bayfield Mayor Larry
McDonald says he's concerned about potential damage to Lake Superior.
