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Federal Bill HR 4402 on Mining
Great Lakes waters, lands, and citizen’s rights are being threatened by a recently introduced federal legislation that will expedite the permitting process for developing minerals on federal land. According to the environmental advocacy group Freshwater Future, the bill H.R. 4402 would allow federal agencies to decide whether a project has significant affects on the quality of…
Online Fundraiser Returns!
A huge opportunity has come our way to help provide a solid foundation for our work to continue here at YDWP. Our group has been entered in an online fundraising competition which ends May 15 at 11:59pm EST. The overall goal is to raise as much money as we can up to the deadline. Whichever of…
YDWP Represents at Rio Tinto Meeting
Two Upper Peninsula women are traveling toLondon, England to attend the Rio Tinto Annual General Meeting taking place April 19, 2012. Carla Champagne of the grassroots citizens group Concerned Citizens of Big Bay and Cynthia Pryor of the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve, plan on attending the Rio Tinto AGM meeting for two reasons:
Federal Comments on CR 595
ARMY CORPS OBJECTS TO KENNECOTT HAUL ROAD By Gabriel Caplet of Headwaters News Once again, the Army Corps of Engineers has objected to Kennecott’s planned ore hauling road, in Marquette County. The road project, formerly called “Woodland Road,” but now going by “County Road 595” and applied for by the county road commission, “is deficient…
YDWP Receives Spring Grants
Recently the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve has been generously awarded grants from the Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition (UPEC) and the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN). The $700 grant from UPEC will be used to support a K-12 environmental education project. UPEC received a record breaking number and quality of applications this year since the program began….
Auction Officially Open!
We would like to invite you to help ensure YDWP is able to continue doing the important work we do by participating in our next fundraiser. Our group will be hosting an auction that will be available online from March 9 to March 23 that will feature one a kind items, locally made goods, and fun experiences. You…
MDEQ Hearing on CR 595
Last night a large number of citizens and groups attended the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s hearing on the proposed County Road 595. The road project permit application that was submitted by the Marquette County Road Commission was debated for 3 hours in Ishpeming. Comments both opposing and supporting the project were made.
County Road 595 Hearing Next Week
Tuesday 6pm, February 21st in Ishpeming at the Country Village Convention Center The Marquette County Road Commission has presented an application for a series of permits to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. The permit application proposes the construction of County Road 595, a 21 mile road that would connect US-41 with County Road AAA. The DEQ…
Toxins Found At Flambeau Mine
December 20th, 2011 Presented By: Julie Christiansen Kennecott’s “Model” Mine Tests Find Significant Toxins Flambeau Mining Co., a subsidiary of Kennecott Mineral Co., is showing high levels of toxic pollutants, 14 years after mining operations ceased. Flambeau was an open pit mine that operated from 1993-1997 and produced 181,000 tons of copper, 3.3 million…
Petitioners Appeal Court Decision
Groups Appeal Decision Allowing Dangerous Mine to Move Forward MARQUETTE, MICH. (December 12, 2011) – A coalition of groups is appealing a court decision that has allowed a dangerous mine to proceed in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula—despite the threat the mine poses to water quality, the Great Lakes and one of the region’s last spawning grounds…