SOS Protect Our Water-Bodies on the Ice

The action, just off the shores of the lake in Washburn, Wis., on top of the ice of the largest of the Great Lakes, was attended by a diverse group, all concerned about water quality in the region. The lake, one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world, is also known as Ojibwe Gichigami (Ojibwe Great Sea) due to the large populations of Anishinaabe language speakers living nearby.

Activists working to expose environmental hazards related to Gogebic Taconite’s efforts to establish an iron mine in the Penokee Hills organized the messaging event to highlight the potential for pollution of the Bad River watershed. The Bad River runs thorough the Penokee Hills and is also the name of the Bad River Tribe of Lake Superior Chippewa who rely on the watershed to maintain traditional lifestyles. According to a Facebook page promoting Bodies on the Ice, “the aim of the message will be to call attention to the madness of threatening the water of Lake Superior through the reckless mining of the Penokees.”

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