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ConsumerAffairs
December 9, 2016
To protest the mining operation, Tibbetts and others set up a tent city called the Penokee Hills Harvest Camp and stayed there for four years, surviving the bitter winter in wigwams and other weather-proof outdoor housing. Much like today, the protesters in 2014 were warned that they could not camp onÃâà...
WXPR
September 23, 2014
Iron County Forestry and Parks committee members have again unanimously voted to evict the residents of the Harvest Camp near the site of a proposed iron mine. Members of the Lac Courte Oreilles tribe and other supporters have been camping on county land since early spring in opposition of GogebicÃâà...
Earth Island Journal
September 2, 2014
A Natives' protest camp sprang up in the Penokee Hills last spring. People said they would remain until the mine proposal was turned back. Inhabitants called their protest site a “harvest camp,” a place to come and gather, hunt, split wood, and sit out long nights around the woodstove in ramshackle wigwams made of tarpsÃâà...
Salon
June 21, 2014
Meanwhile, at the Lac Courte Oreilles harvest camp, the tribe was making every effort to draw attention to how the mine would violate its treaty rights, as well as to highlight sustainable alternatives to mining. When I visited the camp with Bill Heart, tribespeople expressed anger over how the mine wouldÃâà...
WisconsinWatch.org
July 31, 2013
Hard to say whether it was the fry bread passed out by tribal members to supervisors on the Iron County Board, but the outcome was positive for the Lac Courte Oreilles band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tuesday as the board voted to work with the band and find a way to keep a controversial harvest campÃâà...
WisconsinWatch.org
July 27, 2013
The state DNR also has become involved in the fate of the harvest camp. Joe Vairus, forest administrator for Iron County, said the forestry committee voted to seek enforcement against the camp partly because the DNR warned county officials they would have to take action or risk losing their right to enforceÃâà...
Kansas Watchdog
July 23, 2013
Part 5 of 7 in the series Mining in Wisconsin By Ryan Ekvall | Wisconsin Reporter HURLEY — Mel Gasper doesn't sound worried. Heavy trucks, geologists, engineers and armed guards have passed by the entrance of the Lac Courte Oreilles Harvest Camp in recent weeks, signalling the initial exploratoryÃâà...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
July 19, 2013
A wooded campsite that's been a hub for opponents of a proposed iron-ore mine is violating county ordinances by exceeding the time limit for such a gathering, an attorney for Iron County says. Michael Pope, corporation counsel for Iron County, said Thursday that the harvest camp organized by the LacÃâà...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
July 14, 2013
At the base of the proposed mine site lies the Lac Courte Oreilles Harvest Camp, which is set on five acres of Iron County forest land. The camp is led by Melvin Gasper, a tribal elder, and Felina LaPointe. "We're a peaceful camp," said Gasper, an artist. The camp was established in the spring, using rightsÃâà...
WisconsinWatch.org
July 9, 2013
He said the camp is being used not only to monitor mining company activities but also to educate people about the wild landscape of the Penokees. Furyk said there have been no problems with the harvest camp or with any protesters since the June confrontation. “I've talked to the permit holders at theÃâà...
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