April 22, 2015 by Barbara With Upson, Wisconsin – Paul DeMain, spokesperson for the Harvest Education Learning Project (HELP) in the Penokee Hills of Iron County, Wisconsin said the recent discovery of gold in the hills “will help create another revenue stream for local family incomes and make a huge difference in family nutrition.” DeMain […]
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Forestry Committee Pressured to Evict Lac Courte Oreilles from Iron County
December 12, 2013 by Barbara With On December 9, 2013, the Iron County Forestry Committee voted unanimously to recommend that Lac Courte Oreilles Harvest Education Learning Project (HELP) be evicted from the county land they have working on since last spring. The issue will be taken up at the next Iron County Board meeting, Tuesday, […]
Penokee Hills Education Project Takes Anti-Mining Message to Hurley
July 3, 2013 By Rebecca Kemble On Monday, July 1, 2013 members of the Penokee Hills Education Project and their supporters held a press conference in downtown Hurley, Wisconsin. The event was scheduled an hour and a half before the Iron County Zoning Committee’s public hearing on a proposed mining ordinance. It was slated to […]
Lac Courte Oreilles Open Harvest Camp in the Penokee Hills
May 6, 2013 by Barbara With According to Indian County TV, the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Tribe has opened a treaty harvest and educational camp on public lands in the Penokee Hills. The camp is located near the site of the proposed 22-mile mountaintop removal open pit iron mine (the largest in the world) that […]
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