Send A Thank You to the DNR

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Send a Thank You to the DNR

It is important to provide positive feedback as well as our concerns to governmental agencies. Too often we only send letters of disappointment and concern. Save the Wild UP asks that you send a letter thanking the DNR for their serious consideration of issues raised by the public concerning the use of our public lands for profit by a private corporation and the sloppy and flawed Mining and Reclamation Plan.

Here are e-mails for DNR decision makers and NRC contacts:

Lynne Boyd- boydlm@michigan.gov

Rebecca Humphries- HUMPHRIR@michigan.gov

Mindy Koch- KOCHA@michigan.gov

Teresa Gloden- GLODENT@michigan.gov

Consider cutting and pasting the following wording or write your own.

“Thank you for carefully considering the public’s comments and concerns about Kennecott’s request to use our public lands for their proposed Eagle Project and their incomplete and flawed Mining and Reclamation Plan. Sulfide mining is an extremely risky process, and your efforts to require additional information from Kennecott are necessary for making a fully informed decision and protecting our public lands and Great Lakes. I applaud you for acting on behalf of Michigan’s citizens, the future of our precious freshwater resources, and this Great Lakes State. It is my opinion that both Kennecott’s request for the Surface Land Use Lease of 120 acres on the Yellow Dog Plains and the Mining and Reclamation Plan should be denied or thrown out due to their flawed, incomplete, often sloppy and dangerous applications. The State of Michigan should expect much higher standards from a self-proclaimed industry leader such as Kennecott. This first proposed mine under the new Part 632 statute and rules sets the tone for all the other mining projects that may follow. Let us do it right the first time and make sure Michigan doesn’t create an open-door policy for disreputable mining practices in the Great Lakes State.”

Click here to send an online letter to the DNR, call the Governor or express your dissappointment with the DEQ approval.

2 thoughts on “Send A Thank You to the DNR”

  1. Let us do it right the first time and make sure Michigan does NOT create an open-door policy for disreputable mining practices in the Great Lakes State.

  2. If we let Kennecott in, it is just the first step to the degradation of the soil and water resources in the UP. The costs are just too great! This is just the tip of the ice berg. There are better ways to create jobs and get the economy going in this state besides destroying the beauty of our state. Why not turn our auto plants into wind mill factories, which is a renewable resource to turn the economy around.