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Copper mining stamp sands negatively affecting fish habitat on Michigan’s Buffalo Reef

Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy is dredging in Lake Superior’s Grand Traverse Bay to prevent stamp sand movement. Today, 1,426 acres of shoreline and lake bottom are covered by the stamp sands. (Photo courtesy of EGLE)

The copper industry in Michigan began when the indigenous peoples spread their knowledge of these copper deposits to early explorers in the early 17th century, says Stephanie Swart, Lake Superior coordinator with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE).

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