Encampment ends, Copperwood resistance continues as winter approaches
Protect the Porkies and Native Americans joined on Oct. 4 to close out an eight-week resistance encampment near the proposed Copperwood mine. The encampment has ended, but opposition to the project continues.
The Copperwood project is an underground copper and silver mine that Highland Copper Company Inc. wants to build and operate in Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula, near Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park and two miles upstream from Lake Superior.
Opponents warn that mine waste, wastewater discharges, truck traffic, pollution and habitat fragmentation could threaten the surrounding area. They say a failure of the proposed tailings containment facility could allow contaminated material to reach Lake Superior.
