How do I submit a public comment on GreenLight Wisconsin LLC Prospecting Permit?

The public comment window for this decision closed on August 31, 2026. The record of what was at stake stays on this page.

When is the public comment deadline for GreenLight Wisconsin LLC Prospecting Permit?

The comment window closed on August 31, 2026.

Do public comments actually change federal decisions?

Yes, when they are substantive. Agencies are legally required to read and respond to substantive comments before finalizing a rule, and specific personal comments about real places and real uses carry far more weight than identical form letters. Courts have overturned rules when agencies ignored substantive comments.

High threat to public lands

Hardrock mineral prospecting proposed for Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest

GreenLight Wisconsin LLC Prospecting Permit

U.S. Forest Service· Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Medford-Park Falls Ranger DistrictU.S. Forest Service project page ↗

Forest ServiceWe track this on the agency’s own system of record, where most on-the-ground decisions live.

Mining Environmental review Minerals

Autumn hardwoods along Nursery Road, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin (Forest Service photo) · public land, held in trust for you

The groups on this fight

4 groups work Wisconsin

By footprint, from the same match the STAND matchmaker runs; none is linked to this decision in our record yet. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.

Aldo Leopold Foundation
Works Wisconsin: they work only in Wisconsin.
Honor the Earth
Works Wisconsin: on the ground in Wisconsin.
Ice Age Trail Alliance
Works Wisconsin: they work only in Wisconsin.
North Country Trail Association
Works Wisconsin: on the ground in Wisconsin.

Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.

The Forest Service may allow private mineral exploration on public land in Taylor County, Wisconsin.

What’s at risk

Public forest land at the Bend deposit in Taylor County faces industrial mineral prospecting. The Forest Service holds consent authority and public comments can influence whether this exploration is authorized.

If this goes through

If the Forest Service consents, GreenLight Wisconsin LLC would be authorized to conduct hardrock mineral prospecting on federally owned surface land within the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.

Our plain-English read of the official notice ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words below.

In the agency’s own words

Greenlight Wisconsin LLC has applied for a prospecting permit to the Bureau of Land Management for hardrock minerals on the Bend deposit in Taylor County, Wisconsin. The Forest Service is the steward of the federally owned surface and has consent authority for mineral permitting and leasing.

U.S. Forest Service project page ↗

The reporting behind this

From More Than Just Parks

US Forest Service to Clearcut One of the Last Great Groves in the TongassSep 4, 2026

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We’re Headed to the TongassAug 22, 2026

To document and do our part to save America’s greatest old growth forest

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