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Open Letter To The DNR: Will They Listen?

Open Letter To The DNR: Will They Listen?

CITIZENS SPEAK OUT AS EAGLE MINE REQUESTS ANOTHER MINERAL LEASE TO DIG UP MORE LAND ON THE YELLOW DOG PLAINS Marquette, MI – As the mineral hungry Eagle Mine asks for additional privileges to dig up more land in the Yellow Dog Wilderness, the DNR has an opportunity to show local citizens who they are […]

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A Rare Song

A Rare Song

In the Yellow Dog Watershed: A Rare Song By Rochelle Dale Share this early morning journey to the Yellow Dog Plains in search of a mysterious bird… I stuffed my picnic breakfast and snacks into my pack with the binoculars and camera, grabbed my hiking boots and thermos of coffee and ran to the truck. […]

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Lack of Enforcement by MDEQ Puts Local Watershed at Risk

Lack of Enforcement by MDEQ Puts Local Watershed at Risk

PUBLIC HEARING ON THE NEW DRAFT GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT FOR EAGLE MINE TUESDAY 3-24-14 March 24, 2014 · by Mindy Otto · courtesy of the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve Eagle Mine is required to revise their permits every five years which are intended to regulate potential sources of pollution. YDWP has found the new draft to be inadequate for […]