WI Senate Fast-Tracks Bill To Close Forest to Benefit Out-of-State Mining Firm

WI Senate Fast-Tracks Bill To Close Forest to Benefit Out-of-State Mining Firm
"A controversial out-of-state mining company is closer to gaining control over a 3,600-acre swath of publicly available forest near where it is planning a massive open-pit iron ore mine in Northern Wisconsin. The Florida firm, Gogebic Taconite, has begun test drilling in the area and has already stirred controversy by hiring out-of-state armed security with automatic assault weapons to guard their activities."