October 30, 2007 – 3:37 pm
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AUCTION & Special Presentation: Our Way Of Life: The Wild UP
Save The Wild UP is hosting an Auction and Special Presentation by Fred Rydholm and slide show from Jack Deo. We will have spectacular items and experiences availble for you to bid on!
It will be at the [...]
October 5, 2007 – 3:22 pm
Eric Hansen, an award-winning outdoors-writer, has written a beautiful op-ed in The Capital Times, based in Madison, WI. Save The Wild UP would like to thank Eric for his positive contributions to this issue and the effort he puts into helping Michigan folks and organizatuions network with our Wisconsin neighbors. It really helps [...]
October 4, 2007 – 12:15 pm
Sulfide mining? Mr. Rational Man says, ‘bad idea’
By Todd Sears
This whole donnybrook up in the U.P. regarding proposed sulfide mining on the Yellow Dog Plains has me a bit bewildered. Working in the federal government for over 20 years I have a good feel for how bureaucracies work, or don’t. Granted, my experience has been [...]
September 17, 2007 – 9:33 am
To The Editor:
As a former Wisconsin resident, I found it interesting that Kennecott Mining Company points to their success with the Flambeau sulfide mine in Ladysmith, WI to promote their proposed sulfide mine in Marquette County. Your readers should be aware of these facts:
The total mining tax revenue to Ladysmith, the Town of Grant, and Rusk [...]
Monday, July 30 2007
The DEQ is resuming the permit application process after a 5-month investigation into missing documents, possible malfeasance by a DEQ employee and serious safety issues with the Kennecott’s mine plan. We need anyone and everyone who is concerned about the proposed mine to step up and speak out at the public hearings [...]
An update of current events and anticipated timelines 1. The DNR has asked Kennecott to donate 120 acres to the State of
Michigan to offset the use and lease of the 120 acres surrounding the Rock for their mine facilities. This offset would provide like public access that would be given up until the year [...]
In his op-ed in the Detroit Free Press, State Rep. Tom Casperson (who has represented Michigan’s 108th district in the Upper Peninsula since 2002 and is a member of the Tourism, Forestry and Outdoor Recreation Committee) holds up jobs that would potentially created by the proposed Kennecott Eagle Mine and paints the venture [...]
The Rest of the Story about Kennecott’s Flambeau Mine and their request to the Wisconsin DNR for Certificate of Completion
Kennecott (AKA Flambeau Mining Company or FMC) has applied to the Wisconsin DNR for a Certificate of Completion (COC) for its reclamation activities at the Flambeau Mine site. What it boils down to is that FMC [...]
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NPR: Michigan Revokes Approval of Sulfide Mine
The story of the DEQ’s permit reached the national airwaves Friday, on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.
WLUC-TV: Another Sulfide Mine For Marquette County?
Within the next couple of weeks, a Canadian firm says it’s going [...]
March 1, 2007
DEQ Reverses Kennecott Preliminary Decision!!!
Congratulations to everyone who has put their time and effort into this issue.
It is a wonderful step in a positive direction.
Let’s keep the momentum!
The MDEQ just released a statement explaining that new information on the structural integrity of the proposed Kennecott mine site on the Yellow Dog [...]
