View from the top of Eagle Rock, the Ojibwa sacred site where Rio Tinto-Kennecott plans to put the entry to its "Eagle Project" sulfide mine. (Keweenaw Now 2009 file photo)MARQUETTE --If you love the Yellow Dog Plains, the watersheds, blueberries, wolves, hawks, deer, camping, hiking the back roads and stargazing, you are invited to join in an eclectic gathering of concerned citizens near Eagle Rock at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 15.
Groups in opposition to the proposed Eagle Project sulfide mine are very concerned that the "Rio Tinto Machine" will march onto the Yellow Dog Plains as soon as the county road restrictions are lifted.
Please bring water and snacks, rain jacket, your prayers and songs, children and friends. Concerned citizens opposed to the mine will be gathering to celebrate, to protest and to support Jessica Koski who will be speaking on their behalf at Rio Tinto's annual meeting in London.*
Carpool Information:
-- 3 p.m. MQT Carpool from Marquette, meet in gravel parking lot where Hawley Street meets CR550, across from the Jacobetti Skill Center.
-- 3:30 p.m. Carpool leaves.
The 510 and AAA road are in great condition.
*Read Jessica Koski's recent Detroit Free Press article.
For more information, Please Visit www.savethewildup.org/event
See also these updates on Kennecott's insistence that it doesn't need a federal permit from the Environmental Protection Agency:
"Kennecott says no federal permit needed for mine"
and, from the new Headwaters News:
"Rio Tinto 'determines' it doesn’t need federal oversight at Michigan mine."
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