An article on the front page of the Idaho Statesman talks about fundraising to save Harrison Hollow from potential development and restricted public access.
The folks from Idaho Land Trust will be speaking at the Collister Neighborhood Association meeting this month.
When: Wednesday, April 27, at 7 pm
Where: Collister Library, Collister Shopping Center.
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/04/21/1618178/saving-harrison-hollow.html
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
FW: Advocates for the West Email Blast 19-April 2011
Suit filed to halt arsenic pollution in Boise River watershed
Atlanta Gold, a Canadian-owned mining company, has been poking around in the mountains near Atlanta, Idaho for years. One of its adits, or entrances to mines, has been leaking arsenic and iron into Montezuma Creek, a tributary of the Middle Fork of the Boise River, in violation of its Clean Water Act permit. After giving fair warning, we are now suing to stop this pollution of our water.
In 2005, after a prior lawsuit, Atlanta Gold promised to get its heavy metal pollutants under control. Now it is 2011 and the problem has not been fixed. Illegal levels of these metals are polluting the Boise River watershed and harming the habitat of species like bull trout.
High levels of arsenic can cause short-term effects such as skin, lung, stomach and bladder irritations and long-term exposure is linked to cancer of the skin, lungs, kidneys, nasal passages, liver and prostate. High iron levels are linked to neurological damage and Alzheimer's disease. These contaminants also affect plants and fish.
Advocates for the West has teamed up with ICL and the Northwest Environmental Defense Center to take Atlanta Gold to task.
Read the complaint from our case page.
Read the AP story by clicking arsenic photo above.
Photo credits from top:
1) Settling pond, courtesy of ICL
2) AP story link
3) John Robison is Iron Man, courtesy of ICL.
Atlanta Gold, a Canadian-owned mining company, has been poking around in the mountains near Atlanta, Idaho for years. One of its adits, or entrances to mines, has been leaking arsenic and iron into Montezuma Creek, a tributary of the Middle Fork of the Boise River, in violation of its Clean Water Act permit. After giving fair warning, we are now suing to stop this pollution of our water.
In 2005, after a prior lawsuit, Atlanta Gold promised to get its heavy metal pollutants under control. Now it is 2011 and the problem has not been fixed. Illegal levels of these metals are polluting the Boise River watershed and harming the habitat of species like bull trout.
High levels of arsenic can cause short-term effects such as skin, lung, stomach and bladder irritations and long-term exposure is linked to cancer of the skin, lungs, kidneys, nasal passages, liver and prostate. High iron levels are linked to neurological damage and Alzheimer's disease. These contaminants also affect plants and fish. Advocates for the West has teamed up with ICL and the Northwest Environmental Defense Center to take Atlanta Gold to task.
Read the complaint from our case page.
Read the AP story by clicking arsenic photo above.
Photo credits from top:
1) Settling pond, courtesy of ICL
2) AP story link
3) John Robison is Iron Man, courtesy of ICL.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Pam Elkovich
- B.S. Environmental Health
- Graduate Work Hazardous Waste Management
- Hazardous Waste Specialist for General Motors
- Water & Hazardous Waste work for the DEQ
- Boise River Watershed Restoration Coordinator for Trout Unlimited
Connecting the dots...
Group 1
Environmental Impacts from Humans
Leave no trace...1:06 minutes
Group 2
Local Conservation Efforts
Congressman Mike Simpson introduced legislation to protect the Boulder-White Cloud Mountains.
ICL Issues - Land - Boulder-White Clouds
Central Idaho 0:54 seconds
Group 3
Local Efforts to Educate Citizens on Environmental Issues
Advocates for the West, Idaho Rivers United and Sierra Club are hosting a screening of H2Oil - connecting the sand tars of Alberta Canada with the megaload shipments up Highway 12.
Group 4
Energy and Alternatives with Local/National Focus
Alternative Energy Options
So What Can YOU Do?
Meet Courtney - Lobbyist, ICL1:53 minutes
CHECK OUT THE EVENTS PAGE...
Environmental Impacts from Humans
Leave no trace...1:06 minutes
Group 2
Local Conservation Efforts
Congressman Mike Simpson introduced legislation to protect the Boulder-White Cloud Mountains.
ICL Issues - Land - Boulder-White Clouds
Central Idaho 0:54 seconds
Group 3
Local Efforts to Educate Citizens on Environmental Issues
Advocates for the West, Idaho Rivers United and Sierra Club are hosting a screening of H2Oil - connecting the sand tars of Alberta Canada with the megaload shipments up Highway 12.
Group 4
Energy and Alternatives with Local/National Focus
Alternative Energy Options
So What Can YOU Do?
Meet Courtney - Lobbyist, ICL1:53 minutes
CHECK OUT THE EVENTS PAGE...
Friday, April 1, 2011
Spread the word at the Co-op Sunday, 3-April, 2011 from 11am - 3pm
H2Oil Documentary
Please join Advocates for the West, Idaho Rivers United and Sierra Club for a special film showing of "H2Oil" -- a film depicting the massive Alberta Tar Sands projects in Canada. Click here to see the poster.
After the show we will host a short discussion on the connection between the Tar Sands and the transport of megaloads through the Middle Fork Clearwater and Lochsa Wild & Scenic River corridor.
Your ticket will also qualify you for some fabulous door prizes, including a stay at the Shore Lodge in McCall!
When and where:
Sunday, April 10 from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. at The Flicks Theater in Boise.
Tickets are only $10 and can be purchased online by clicking here or at The Flicks box office.
For more information please call:
Advocates for the West (208) 342-7024 ext 206
Idaho Rivers United (208) 343-7481
Sierra Club (208) 384-1023
Please join Advocates for the West, Idaho Rivers United and Sierra Club for a special film showing of "H2Oil" -- a film depicting the massive Alberta Tar Sands projects in Canada. Click here to see the poster.
After the show we will host a short discussion on the connection between the Tar Sands and the transport of megaloads through the Middle Fork Clearwater and Lochsa Wild & Scenic River corridor.
Your ticket will also qualify you for some fabulous door prizes, including a stay at the Shore Lodge in McCall!
When and where:
Sunday, April 10 from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. at The Flicks Theater in Boise.
Tickets are only $10 and can be purchased online by clicking here or at The Flicks box office.
For more information please call:
Advocates for the West (208) 342-7024 ext 206
Idaho Rivers United (208) 343-7481
Sierra Club (208) 384-1023
For those of you following the Idaho Rivers United and U.S. Forest Service lawsuit...
...Rocky Barker from Voices.IdahoStatesman.com reports that the lawsuit has created some complications with current collaborative initiatives between Crapo and the Clearwater Basin Collaborative group.
Read the full story here.
Read the full story here.
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