The propose Crandon mine in Northeastern Wisconsin, USA near the town of Crandon and the Mole Lake Ojibwe Reservation in Forest County was the site of multi-decade legal battle between environmentalists, American Indian tribes, sportfishing groups, and the State of Wisconsin and multiple large mining corporations. The purchase of the mine site in 2003 by the Sokaogon Ojibwe and Forest County Potawatomi marked a major victory for the tribes and environmental activists, and raised questions over the future of mining, economics, and tribal power in Wisconsin.