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Yellow Dog RIVERKEEPER Makes Shocking Discovery

Yellow Dog RIVERKEEPER Makes Shocking Discovery

Remote Logging Work Not Adhering to Permit Conditions in an Area Previously Protected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Northern Marquette County, MI – During the week of June 23, 2014, a reconnaissance survey of forest and wetland conditions on the Snowmobile Trail 5 route, aka the Pine Camps route, by the Yellow Dog RIVERKEEPER ® led to a discovery of road construction by Plum Creek Timber Company that did not meet with stated […]

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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 […]