Great Lakes Sulfide Ore Mining Project

About this grant

Representing the interests of 11 Ojibwe tribes, the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission is a nonprofit organization that helps its members manage natural resources on their land across the Great Lakes. The commission also assists members in protecting and enhancing their treaty-guaranteed rights to hunt, fish, and gather on tribal land transferred to U.S. federal control. Interest in the mining of sulfide-based ores has increased in the last few years, raising concerns about possible water quality impacts on the associated ecosystems and natural resources. With Mott support, the commission will prepare a report examining how tribes can fully participate in the processes for permitting and monitoring sulfide mining operations on land where tribes have hunting and fishing rights.