State Journal reporter Ron Seely?s coverage of the Joint Finance Committee hearings on the mining bill has been outstanding. The proposed iron mine is near the triple-divide between the watersheds of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and the Mississippi. It will use a great deal of water and will be deep enough to be far below the lake level of Lake Superior. This can not help but affect Lake Superior.
– Martin David, Middleton, emeritus professor, UW-Madison and Nelson Institute