MARQUETTE – The Back Forty Project, a proposed metallic sulfide mine next to the Menominee River, will be discussed by the Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition at 7 p.m. Central time Wednesday.

The livestream is available at https://facebook.com/upenvironment/live or via Zoom with meeting ID 860-7526-9466, passcode 2022.

Efforts to protect the Menominee River will be examined.

Speakers include Al Gedicks, an environmental sociologist and Indigenous rights activist and scholar.