Category Archives: Coalition Partners
"TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service took a step Thursday toward placing the coaster brook trout, which once thrived in the upper Great Lakes, on the endangered species list.
A petition filed by two groups in 2006 made a strong enough case to justify a formal review, the service said in [...]
"Vince Bevins, Powell Township supervisor, and Jim Gauthier, from the Powell Township Planning Commission, sponsored an “Economic Business Meeting”, March 3, at the Powell Township Hall, in Big Bay. Their guest presenters were Jon Cherry, Kennecott Eagle Project manager; Bill Henry, a project planner for Kennecott; and Gregg Nominelli, from the Lake Superior Community Partnership. [...]
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore may house the newest Wilderness are in Michigan.
"MUNISING — The effort to designate the 11,739 acres of the Beaver Basin as wilderness at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is making its way to Congress.
The National Park Service is working to finalize the establishment of the Beaver Basin Wilderness Area, which is one [...]
February 29, 2008 – 6:04 pm
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When the Backyard Views Are of Wells and Drilling Rigs
By KATE MURPHY
WHEN Peggy and Bob Utesch bought a house five years ago on four acres in a town called Silt in rural Garfield County, Colo., they envisioned a quiet, pastoral life. What they [...]
February 29, 2008 – 5:27 pm
The following excerpt is from a Feb. 28 CBC news story, click here for the whole story
"Ottawa city council is urging Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to temporarily ban uranium prospecting, exploration and mining in eastern Ontario and the Ottawa River watershed.
The council voted 18-1 Wednesday in favour of a motion calling on the province to [...]
February 29, 2008 – 4:19 pm
The following is an excerpt from the Seattle Times article, click here for the whole story.
Sherman Alexie was a teenager when he first felt threatened by the uranium mines near his home on the Spokane Indian Reservation.
His grandmother had died from esophageal cancer in 1980. A few years later, his mother and some other tribal [...]
February 29, 2008 – 2:29 pm
For Immediate Release
February 28, 2008
Also see the Mining Journal article
Click here for the AP article
Contact:
Michelle Halley, National Wildlife Federation, (906) 361-0520
Peter Dykema, Huron Mountain Club, (202) 282-5773
Paul Townsend, Huron Mountain Club, (313) 886-3487
John Baker, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, (906) 353-4106
Cynthia Pryor, Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve, (906) [...]
February 26, 2008 – 2:59 pm
Save The Wild UP has introduced a new feature to the website, a bulletin board
We now have a bulletin board for citizens to share their knowledge and opinion with others who visit the site.
We are especially interested in:
News from other communities that are facing the same types of challenges
Reports of mining and exploration activity [...]
February 26, 2008 – 2:27 pm
It is the sound of michigan's water being sold to the highest bidder if Michigan's Senate gets their way!
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"…some Michigan politicians are supporting proposals that would allow up to 25% of some of our inland rivers and streams to be available for export to thirsty states and nations! Maybe [...]
February 8, 2008 – 4:30 pm
"For more than seven months, the nation’s top public health agency has blocked the publication of an exhaustive federal study of environmental hazards in the eight Great Lakes states, reportedly because it contains such potentially “alarming information” as evidence of elevated infant mortality and cancer rates."
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