Tour of DNR Minerals Hibbing facility
and acid drainage research plots
Action Steps You Can Take to Make a Difference
- Attend Mining without Harm events
- Write comments on pending mining applications
- Take field trips (photography, paddle trips, wildlife documentation)
- Volunteer opportunities
- Research
- Recycle metals and use less
- Talking to people
- Write a letter to the editor
- Phoning members
- Visiting public officials
- Attending meetings
- Preparing mailings
- Writing web and print materials
- Provide moral support to spokes people at public meetings
- Hold signs at meetings or news conferences
- Find audiences for campaign speakers
- Become a campaign speaker
- Draft comments on permits, environmental documents
- Speak at public hearings
- Meet with editorial boards of newspapers
- Attend a conference on mining
- Organize a public workshop
- Attend a class on leadership, campaign strategy or working with the media
- Sign up for the North Star Action Alert System to express your values in a quick and timely way-on-line
- Join our Mining email listserv for event, meeting, campaign participation and action opportunities: Send inquiry to