To whom it may concern at Caribou-Targhee National Forest, I am writing with concerns about the current Environmental Assessment relating to the Kilgore Project. My concerns are about both the
Continue readingTo whom it may concern at Caribou-Targhee National Forest, I am writing with concerns about the current Environmental Assessment relating to the Kilgore Project. My concerns are about both the
Continue readingKilgore Project Proposal Recap Before jumping into our Kilgore Project Public Comment Guide, let’s clearly define what the proposal is. On July 22, 2020, Excellon Resources (EX), a Canadian mining
Continue readingA Reckoning It’s time that I admit that the Downstream Effects series has been misguided. Almost all 7,250 words of parts 1 through 4 of this series of posts have
Continue readingWhy a Countdown of 28 Facts, Tragedies, & Catastrophes of Open-Pit Mines? On January 12, 2021, the Post Register published a Forest Service legal notice giving the public 30 days
Continue readingLove Letters Again, Still By now, it may or may not be clear that each Part of the Downstream Effects series is a love letter that is also a sword
Continue readingThis third part of our series on the Downstream Effects of the Kilgore Project – which could just as easily, and perhaps more persuasively, be named Reasons To Oppose The
Continue readingA Second Affair If you write one love letter to a place you’ve never been to, it might be construed as endearing. Like the time I wrote a letter to
Continue readingIntroducing ScholarDay’s New Investigative Series: “Forest Service Says What?” Rewind to 2018 (oh how young we were!), the Forest Service invited us to submit how we felt about letting a
Continue readingMemories of Mud Lake I wish I had more memories of Mud Lake. In fact, I can’t honestly say that I’ve seen the lake itself or its adjacent wetlands, since
Continue readingStatus of the Kilgore Project The end of 2019 has brought with its shortest-of-days some Kilgore Project-related gifts: December 18, 2019 — Advocates for the West won a ruling from
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