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Tribal Injunction Against Graymont UP Land Deal Denied

Saturday , 18, April 2015 Up North Progressive DNR, Environment, Upper Peninsula 8 Comments

An injunction to temporarily stop the sale of over 11,000 acres of state forest land in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to a foreign mining company was denied on April 16th. Several Native American tribes of the Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority, or CORA, filed the injunction in Grand Rapids immediately after Directer Keith Creagh made his decision […]

Graymont Makes Third Offer for 10,000 Acres of State Owned Land: You Still Have Time To Contact The DNR

Tuesday , 10, March 2015 Up North Progressive DNR, Environment 17 Comments

On March 6, 2015, British Columbia-based limestone company Graymont submitted a third revised proposal to purchase 10,000 acres of state forest land that spans three Upper Peninsula counties. The royalty for the limestone is still 30 cents per ton. Changes to the proposal include the value of the timber on the land in the price, […]

Canadian Limestone Producer Moving Forward Buying 10,000 Acres of Upper Peninsula Public Land

Sunday , 8, February 2015 Up North Progressive DNR, Environment 19 Comments

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced yesterday they received a revised land purchase proposal from Canadian mining company Graymont Incorporated. The company wants to purchase more than 10,000 acres of public land in the Upper Peninsula to mine limestone in three locations. The proposal has only one change from the original one submitted – […]

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