Trout spawn mine battle

Critics fear proposed dig would threaten rare fish

By Michael Hawthorne

Chicago Tribune

Tribune staff reporter

Published February 18, 2007

Despite the area’s long history of mining, many who live here contend the short-term profits aren’t worth the potential for long-term damage to the Salmon Trout and another stream popular with anglers.

… “The company is making an appeal to go back to the old days when mining first brought people to the UP,” said Russell Magnaghi, director of the Center for Upper Peninsula Studies at Northern Michigan University. “But mining no longer is our economic mainstay. We’re looking more toward tourism today.”

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