Policy Brief: Marquette County Communities Need Wetland Protections Marquette County’s wetlands are essential to the health of the Lake Superior watershed. Responsible land-use controls can protect local wetlands, property owners, and Lake Superior. Unfortunately, just 1 out of Marquette County’s … read more Policy Brief: Marquette County Communities Need Wetland Protections
Photo credit: Joshua G. Cohen Michigan’s wetlands are more than wet places on the landscape. They are natural infrastructure that store floodwater, recharge groundwater, provide wildlife habitat, and support some of our state’s most valuable freshwater ecosystems. For nearly five … read more House Bill 5536: The Greatest Threat to Michigan’s Wetlands in a Generation
On Tuesday, August 25th, 2026, the Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) approved $50 million in taxpayer funding to the proposed Copperwood Mine project in Gogebic County. Our team at Citizens for a Safe & Clean Lake Superior is extremely disappointed by … read more Michigan Strategic Fund Approves Copperwood Funding
Introduction Wetlands provide essential ecosystem services, including water filtration, flood attenuation, groundwater recharge, carbon storage, and wildlife habitat. However, many of the activities that degrade wetlands occur not within the wetland itself, but on the surrounding land. For this … read more Wetland Buffers: Protecting Michigan’s Wetlands Beyond Their Boundaries
Wetlands are among Michigan’s most valuable ecosystems, providing wildlife habitat, improving water quality, reducing flooding, and storing carbon. However, many landowners may be surprised to learn that they have wetlands on their property. Because wetlands are not always as obvious … read more Do You Have a Wetland on Your Property? A Landowner’s Guide to Wetland Identification
Meanwhile, Copperwood’s proposed product remains a non-critical mineral. August 28, 2025 Marquette, MI – On Tuesday, the Michigan House GOP introduced and promptly passed a budget that, while claiming to cut out waste, fraud, and abuse from the state’s … read more Press Release: Copperwood Funding in the House Budget
Mineral prospecting in the Central and Western Upper Peninsula is on the rise due to increasing demand for minerals like copper and nickel in the tech, automotive, energy, and military industries. Information from the public about such activities is key … read more Report Suspected Mining Sites in the UP
Marquette County, MI: Marquette County landowners with wetlands on their property, listen up! Citizens for a Safe & Clean Lake Superior (“Citizens”) is launching a pilot Wetland Protection Cash Incentive program to offer $750 cash incentives to four (4) Marquette … read more Get Paid to Protect Your Wetlands!
MARQUETTE, MI – Institutional support for the proposed Copperwood Mine is far from rock solid. In a letter dated July 16, 2024, recently obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), President Dr. Brock Tessman of Northern Michigan University withdrew … read more NMU Revokes Support for Copperwood Mine
To round out a busy year, it’s time to celebrate a major victory in the fight to protect Lake Superior and Porcupine Mountains State Park from a harmful copper sulfide mine! Last Wednesday (12/18), the Michigan Senate Appropriations Committee voted … read more Success: No Taxpayer Money for the Copperwood Mine!
Policy Brief: Marquette County Communities Need Wetland Protections
House Bill 5536: The Greatest Threat to Michigan’s Wetlands in a Generation
Michigan Strategic Fund Approves Copperwood Funding
