Lake Superior Under Threat

[Vanya]

An American-based company has bought 1,000 acres of land within 200 feet of Lake Superior, with which they intend to remove forest so they can mine the granite which lies there to build Michigan highways.

The sight is in Michipicoten bay. The mining will affect species of fish and birds, as well as wildlife of the forest they intend to destroy. Locals, regular visitors, people who've only been there once or twice and even people who've never been there are fighting against this Corporation that seeks to destroy the beautiful, delicate habitat.

Help is needed dearly. We can't continue to sit back and let Companies mame what few precious areas we have left on our planet we won't have any left.

This link will lead you to more information and ways you can help: http://www.ccmb.ca/index.html

Thank you

[RAOVQ]

i could only imagine the bribes required to get a licence to strip mine on the banks of a freshwater lake.

of course this group looks like a bunch of investors who are annoyed thier property values are going to go down, calling on the enviromentalists to fight so thier land doesn't depreciate.

[pianoSpleen]

Just out of curiousity, what do you think they should build highways out of instead? It'll affect wildlife no matter where they mine it from.

[Trousersnake]

Just out of curiousity, what do you think they should build highways out of instead? It'll affect wildlife no matter where they mine it from.

I was thinking the same thing. Putting faith in the land use planning team there, when applying for a mining license they'll be slapped with all sorts of conditions like site rehab after they leave...whenever that might happen to be.

[Superdave]

I don't know if any of you have actually seen/smelled lake superior but I wouldn't exactly call it "precious"