Ryan Sistad was born in Fosston, MN and has been running Better In Our Back Yard for almost 5 years out of Duluth, Minnesota. During that time Better In Our Back Yard has grown from 2 members to over 80, while growing its social media presence to over 20,000 followers, gaining national recognition, and has expanded its outreach from Northern Minnesota to the upper-midwest region.
Better In Our Back Yard was created to advocate for responsible industrial development in Northern Minnesota and regions surrounding the Upper Midwest.
Projects BIOBY advocates for include NewRange Copper Nickel’s NorthMet Project, Twin Metals Minnesota’s proposed Copper-Nickel mine, Perpetua Resources' Stibnite Gold Project out of Idaho, Talon Metals proposed Nickel-Copper-Cobalt mine in Minnesota, Enbridge’s Line 5 Segment Relocation Project in Wisconsin, Enbridge’s Great Lakes Tunnel Project in Michigan, and Resolution Copper's proposed copper mine in Arizona.
