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The Halfway Ranger Station, built in 1934, is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places Kawishiwi Demolition: The Pen and the Bulldozer On August 10, a public comment period ended regarding the demolition of the Kawishiwi Research Station, as proposed by the...
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Cynthia Pryor w/ water flag Citizen Arrested for ‘Trespassing’ on Public Land to Appeal Court Decision Big Bay citizen, Cynthia Pryor, was granted a 6-month delay of sentence for a trespassing conviction she received on June...
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Eagle Rock smudge “Taking a Stand”: Sacred Site Celebrated Despite Citizen Arrest On Tuesday, a Big Bay resident was arrested for allegedly “trespassing” on a 120 acre tract of public land Rio...
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  • The Halfway Ranger Station, built in 1934, is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places0September 1, 2010

    Kawishiwi Demolition: The Pen and the Bulldozer

    On August 10, a public comment period ended regarding the demolition of the Kawishiwi Research Station, as proposed by the USFS and NRS (Northern Research Station). One must go back in time to trace the history of the Kawishiwi site, located...
  • Kalamazoo oil spill enquirer0July 27, 2010

    Enbridge Spills Oil Into Kalamazoo River

    Enbridge, the Canadian company constructing a new oil pipeline from the controversial Alberta Tar Sands to Superior, Wisconsin has caused a massive 840,000 gallon oil spill at a pipeline running through southwest Michigan. Line 6B of Enbridge’s Lakehead System...
  • Map showing cases of fluoride and uranium in drinking water in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan; Photo courtesy Western Upper Peninsula Health Department0July 8, 2010

    Fluoride in Drinking Water: How Safe Is It?

    Marquette, Michigan is fortunate in being able to draw its drinking water from the cold, clear waters of Lake Superior. With an intake positioned away from river outlets and outside of the harbor, it pulls water from a depth...
  • epa logo2July 4, 2010

    EPA Says No Permit Needed for Rio Tinto Mine

    More than three months since Rio Tinto announced that it no longer needed a federal permit to inject 184 million gallons of treated wastewater at its proposed metallic sulfide Eagle Project, the US Environmental Protection Agency has agreed with the...
  • Ecuador oil spill women0July 1, 2010

    Chevron Should Pay for Its Oil Disaster, Too

    BP’s oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was not the first time the oil industry’s practice of cutting corners on environmental protection put entire ecosystems and cultures at risk. While most Americans are familiar with the Exxon Valdez spill, few...
  • BP Oil Rig on Fire Thumbnail1May 9, 2010

    BP Disaster: What are we doing to the planet we call Home?

    April 20, 2010 will go down in history as a day of infamy.  This is the day that British Petroleum’s deep ocean oil exploration drilling rig exploded, killing 11 and injuring at least 17 of the 126 workers.  Over two...
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