Mining: Michigan Trout Unlimited opposes the permitting of surface or underground mining in all instances unless and until appropriate safeguards are in place to protect cold water fisheries from potential damage.

Severed Mineral Rights: Michigan Trout Unlimited strongly encourages the State of Michigan and the United States Government to develop a mineral rights exchange program that will allow for the reunification of publicly held mineral rights and surface ownership within the same body of government.

• MI Department of Environmental Quality website for information on the proposed Kennecott Eagle Mine