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Thank you Reid for proving one of my points. Right in the beginning and then continually through your comment was nothing but the doom and gloom I mentioned in my previous comment. NEPA is established for existing plans for either mines or test drilling on National Forest lands. There currently is NO proposed mine plan put forth by Twin Metals. On the other hand they were in the process of test drilling when the leases were not renewed and this whole mess started. By the way your side of this never mentions the 6 year EIS performed to cover the test drilling. When the EIS was completed in 2012 both the USFS and BLM signed off on not just Twin Metals drilling but 20+ other mineral leases in the Superior National Forest. Why is it you don't mention that. The economy in Ely is not sustainable and you know it. You keep quoting 250,000 visitors to the BWCAW and it hasn't been anywhere near that for almost a decade. You tell me when driving down the Main Street in Ely between November and May if it looks like a vibrant economy. People are barely surviving and the retiring people that come here are not investing in the community. They have come here for their own private little serfdom. The last thing this town needs is another tourist related stores that pay minimum wage for 5 months out of the year. We need good paying jobs that will come from mining. Those jobs will be provided by Twin Metals and PolyMet. If you haven't looked around the 21st century is here. Technology has advanced to the point that risks are at a bare minimum and the gains can be great for both the local economy and the state as a whole. Quit dredging up mines from long ago and trying to use them as examples. Eagle Mine and before that Flambeau in Wisconsin are either operating or had operated without any environmental violations. The reason we do this isn't for ourselves ,but for the future generations of NE Minnesotans.