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What Happens when a Mine Closes, Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA Today Network, July 31, 2025 / Updated Nov. 18, 2025 (online edition).

Before the Next Mine (It’s quiet and green at the former Flambeau Mine site, but groundwater and stream pollution tell a story of risk, not restoration), Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 3, 2025 (print edition – Sunday front page feature story).

DTS Press Release (March 2025): Latest Water Quality Testing at Flambeau Mine Confirms Pollution – Wells near Flambeau River high in arsenic and manganese; Flambeau River tributary on Wisconsin’s impaired waters list; EPA now involved, Deer Tail Scientific, March 27, 2025.

Arne Carlson Press Release (April 2024): Former Minnesota Governor Warns Great Lakes Governors: “waters of those lakes are in peril; recognize the seriousness of the growing water scarcity crisis; Your intervention is absolutely essential,” Carlson et. al., April 18, 2024

DTS Press Release (March 2024): Elevated Arsenic Detected in Wells at Reclaimed Flambeau Mine Site – Wells within 140 feet of Flambeau River are Contaminated; State officials have taken no action, Deer Tail Scientific, March 1, 2024.

Press Release (January 2023): DNR Declares Flambeau Mine Reclamation Process “Complete” Despite Ongoing Pollution – Decision Shows Weakness of Wisconsin’s Mining Laws