MARQUETTE -- MiWater.org recently posted a video, "There Is No Pure Michigan Without Pure Water," featuring the Salmon Trout River and its Coaster Brook Trout, which will be in danger of acid mine drainage pollution from the potential Eagle Project sulfide mine on the Yellow Dog Plains near Marquette.
Check out this video for some convincing visual and verbal arguments for protecting this scenic recreation and wilderness area. Speaking on the video are Cynthia Pryor, Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve Sulfide Mining Campaign director; Casey Huckins, associate professor in Biological Sciences at Michigan Tech University; and Michelle Halley, National Wildlife Federation attorney.
In addition to great shots of the river, Coaster Brook Trout, wetlands and forest, the You Tube video, just under 10 minutes long, includes maps showing the many areas in the Upper Peninsula now under exploration for mining as well as an explanation of the purpose of the proposed Michigan ballot initiative -- not meant to ban mining but to require mining companies to prove they have done this sort of mining safely in the past and to provide a buffer around surface water.
Click here to watch the video on You Tube.
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