Save the Wild Up is celebrating Lake Superior Day with a WATERPALOOZA Water Festival on Sunday, July 15th at Mattson Lower Harbor Park from 11am to 8pm. Enjoy food, music and water related activities while learning the importance of protecting our most beautiful and vital natural resource. Continue reading
Gaps, inconsistencies and loopholes in U.S. state and Canadian provincial laws are leaving the Great Lakes and other natural resources vulnerable to a new wave of mining activity sweeping the Upper Great Lakes states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota and Canadian province of Ontario, according to a new legal analysis by the National Wildlife Federation and Ecojustice Canada.
“Weak laws and lax enforcement undermine efforts to protect our water, wildlife and communities from this dangerous form of mining,” said Michelle Halley, National Wildlife Federation attorney. “There is an urgent need for the region to address these issues now or likely face decades of contamination and clean-up.” Continue reading
MARQUETTE – A federal court judge set an expedited hearing date Monday to decide whether work should be shut down at the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. mine in Michigamme Township while a new lawsuit by the Huron Mountain Club against the mining company and several governmental agencies is decided.
Posted by Nicole Walton
May 7th, 2012
BARAGA, MI– The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community is claiming sulfide mining infringes on its indigenous rights and lands.
The KBIC has submitted a document to the United Nations outlining how mines like the one in Marquette County are being approved without the tribe’s consent. Continue reading
In Celebration of Earth Day, Save the Wild UP invites you to stop by our office for refreshments, door prizes and information! Learn how you can get involved in promoting sustainable environmental practices and protecting our beautiful UP from destructive mining proposals.
Tuesday April 17 & Thursday April 19
11:00am-4:00pm
OPEN ‘til 7:00pm on THURSDAY
Press Release April 15, 2012
Two Upper Peninsula women are traveling to London, 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:
“Air Quality is of prime importance to the people and community of Big Bay.” states Carla Champagne. “We are directly downwind and no one – including Kennecott and the DEQ – knows what is currently in the air coming from this mine, or even more importantly, what will be coming from the one once they are in full operation. There are no air monitors either at the mine or anywhere near Big Bay. We will be asking the Rio Tinto Board of Directors and their shareholders for a comprehensive air quality program to be installed in the region that will be regulated by the DEQ, monitored by DEQ approved third party scientists and all costs paid for by Kennecott.” Continue reading
“Tapped” – a documentary exploring the bottled water industry will be shown Wednesday, April 11th at 4:00 and again on Sunday, April 15th at 2:00 pm. Learn about the ‘Climate Reality Project’ on Thursday and ‘Safer Chemicals in your Home’ on the Wednesday, April 18th. For a full schedule of events, click here.. mock up of poster
For more information go to: http://standfortheland.com/2012/03/26/message-to-the-u-s-forest-service-dont-sell-wildcat-falls/
A friend of the Falls has put together a brief video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIWyot-Mq8E&feature=youtu.be
Hike to the falls! LAST CHANCE VISIT TO WILDCAT FALLS
MARQUETTE — The fourth annual Celebration of the U.P., sponsored by the Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition (UPEC), will be held on Friday, March 30, and Saturday, March 31, at the Landmark Inn, Peter White Public Library and the Federated Women’s Clubhouse (the corners of Front Street and Ridge Street) in Marquette. Continue reading