This project investigates the mobilization of toxic mining contaminants in the Lake Superior basin. The investigator will conduct archival research and oral-history interviews, and she will develop a geo-spatial database. She plans to link her historical research with contemporary policy and regulation issues, and to engage with local communities, including Native Americans in the region.

The investigator is a well-known environmental historian whose previous work has drawn on multiple disciplines and generated significant media interest; she has a network of contacts that includes a documentary filmmaker and relevant stakeholder groups. The project will produce a narrative of environmental history with the potential for overlap with important questions of technology, culture, and society. It will be of interest to citizen scientists, a wide-array of scholars, and the general public. The most important broader impact of the project is that it might very well influence contemporary policy and law-making.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES)
Application #
1430755
Program Officer
Frederick Kronz
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2014-09-01
Budget End
2018-08-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
2014
Total Cost
$236,069
Indirect Cost
Name
Michigan Technological University
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Houghton
State
MI
Country
United States
Zip Code
49931