Citizen Action Archives - Page 7 of 10 - Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve

Public Hearing to Accept Comments on Wetland Fill Permit Application

Citizen Action, Events, news, Sulfide Mining / By elimywhit

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a public hearing taking place at Northern Michigan University to accept comments from all those concerned that the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is considering issuing a permit that would allow the Marquette County Roads Commission to fill wetlands for proposed County Road 595. As many of you know, …

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Salmon-Trout Volunteer Stream Monitoring

Citizen Action, grants, Water Quality / By elimywhit

The Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve received news that their grant proposal to initiate a volunteer stream monitoring program for the Salmon-Trout River was approved for funding through a MiCorps program. The proposal outlined work that YDWP will do to set up a monitoring program that is easy for volunteers to participate in and collect useful …

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Federal Bill HR 4402 on Mining

Citizen Action, news, Sulfide Mining / By elimywhit

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 …

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YDWP Represents at Rio Tinto Meeting

Citizen Action, news, Sulfide Mining / By elimywhit

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:

MDEQ Hearing on CR 595

Citizen Action, news, Sulfide Mining / By elimywhit

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

Citizen Action, Sulfide Mining / By elimywhit

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 …

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