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Response to Biden Administration’s withdrawal study (Oct 2021)

Posted on November 1, 2021

RAMS-Board-Letter-10.22.2021

A Message From the Director

Posted on September 21, 2021

As many of you know, Steve Giorgi, Executive Director of RAMS for the last six years, announced his pending retirement in the Spring of 2021. Steve officially retired at the…

Twin Metals is Just a Smokescreen

Posted on August 21, 2016

“IT’S ABOUT MORE THAN JUST TWIN METALS” In the heat of a stormy Minnesota summer, the US Forest Service scheduled two unprecedented “public comment” hearings to take testimony over…

RAMS Visits DC

Posted on April 21, 2016

RANGE ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPALITIES & SCHOOLS VISITS THE CAPITOL When Governor Dayton met with our board and the city of Ely on April 1st, he made it clear that other…

The Roots of RAMS – 1939

Posted on September 21, 2015

In 1939 Iron Range cities, villages, schools and townships were threatened by the huge mining companies that were mining in and around the Iron Range and who employed well educated…