Environmental Writer Ron Seely Is Back In Business

The recently-retired Wisconsin State Journal environmental specialist Ron Seely has a new gig and files an important report about escalating risks in the Penokee Hills

       By Ron Seely

Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism 

Despite harsh criticism from two northern legislators and an outcry from anti-mining activists, a spokesman for Gogebic Taconite said Tuesday that armed, paramilitary-style guards will continue to patrol the site deep in the Penokee Range where the company wants to build a large open pit iron mine.