LEWISTON, Minn. – The Land Stewardship Project, which began a grassroots campaign against massive frac-sand mining in Winona County in 2012, sees little hope for the mining company’s appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Land Stewardship Project issued a statement that the company, Minnesota Sands, has shown “utter disrespect” for the will of the people in Winona County and for the integrity of the land itself.” The respondent, if the Supreme Court takes the case, is Winona County, which banned fracking in 2016. Said LSP: “Minnesota Sands has repeatedly attempted to subvert local democracy and the will of the people by turning to the courts in an attempt to undo the frac sand ban ordinance.”
