FOLK
Friends of Land of Keweenaw
P.O. Box 213, L’Anse, MI 49946
Email: fupemail389@folkup.org
Website: www.folkup.org
Friends,
Please join us for the FOLK Annual Meeting, Tuesday, October 25 at 6:00 PM the KBIC Ojibwa Senior Citizen Center.*
The meeting will inaugurate a new chapter in FOLK’s efforts to protect and preserve the ecological integrity of the Lake Superior Watershed.
Agenda
Brief Business meeting
Presentation of new FOLK initiative:
FOLK Mining Education and Empowerment Project: Assessing the risks and benefits of new mining in the western Upper Peninsula.
Presentation by Frank Koehn
Old and New Mining in the Lake Superior Basin: Time for a Unified Regional Response
About Frank Koehn
Frank Koehn is a northern Wisconsin activist . He has been active in environmental, treaty rights and human rights causes including opposition to the Crandon and White Pine mines, support of Ojibwa treaty rights, and support for the proposed Seventh-Generation Amendment to the US Constitution. He is currently one of the leaders of the Penokee Hills Education Project which is resisting the mining of taconite iron ore in the Penokee Hills. He lives in Ashland, Wisconsin.
Refreshments will be served