John Muir Chapter of Sierra Club 2020 Awards to LWVABC and Mike Wiggins, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

The League of Women Voters of Ashland and Bayfield Counties received the Good Citizen Award from the John Muir Chapter of the Sierra Club at their virtual Awards Ceremony live-streamed on Facebook on the evening of November 18th.

Joan Elais, who is our Natural Resources Advocacy Committee chair, accepted the award on behalf of our chapter. Joan and her committee have worked endlessly on decommissioning Line 5.

Mike Wiggins from the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa received the Torchbearer Award.

The Facebook livestream is featured below. For those of you who don’t have time to view the whole Celebration, you can view the LWVABC presentation by clicking at 42:48 on the timeline, and the Mike Wiggins presentation at 52:05.

At the end of the presentation at 1:05:09, Mike Wiggins shares a video highlighting what the Bad River Band’s actions seek to protect. The video, which can be found on the Bad River YouTube channel, is shown below at better resolution for your viewing pleasure.

The John Muir Chapter is the state-wide branch of the Sierra Club--America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization.