What is the Truth about Revett Minerals and
the Rock Creek Mine in Northwest Montana?
The Motto Seems to Be:
Attention: W.R. Grace, Revett Minerals, and Sterling Mining Company Type of Big Business… Come On Over, Get your Piece of the Montana Pie. Montana Does not Give a Damn about the Waters, the Fisheries, the Bears, the Wildlife or the People affected.
History Repeats and Repeats and Repeats and YOUR Family will PAY the price.
HELENA, Mont. -
Another lawsuit seeks to block development of a copper and silver mine beneath the federal Cabinet Mountains Wilderness in northwestern Montana.
Conservation groups claiming the Rock Creek Mine would jeopardize sensitive bull trout filed a case this week charging the tentative state permit for the project is the wrong kind and imposes only run-of-the-mill requirements.
The suit in state court seeks an order demanding a comparatively stringent permit for the mine proposed by Washington-based Revett Minerals Inc., which has said mining would not disturb the surface of the wilderness area. State work preceding that permit would include a study to assess the potential for water degradation from mining.
Full Article Athttp://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/06/10/ap5101539.html
Will NOT Disturb the Surface, WHAT ? you poison the Water, you drill under neath and it will not affect the surface, you will not feel the ground vibrate on your hikes in the wilderness? You will not drink the water, eat the fish or the wildlife affected, the lakes will not drain and your Surface will not be affected - WHAT ?
There is No Doubt in my Mind that Lincoln and Sanders County will let Revett do what ever they want. They will ignore Scientific Fact just like with W.R. Grace and they will have their hand out for Tax Dollars and ??? They will give them tax breaks and beg them to stay to keep their tax base happy and able to pay their taxes and the wages of the politicians.
Lincoln County, Montana has this unique and wonderful gift of hind sight. With the W.R. Grace experience they can make an intelligent decision. Now they Know.
But they will not use this gift, they will let Big Business kill their people – AGAIN, poison the animals that the people will hunt and eat, poisen the water that will travel down to sandpoint and the Columbia River, and If you Stand up Against them you are called an Environmentalist and you are blamed for men and women losing their livelihood when in truth it is the big corporation who is taking their life, their lifestyle away and they cannot see it do to hatred for Environmentalists.
Some look at Environmentals as stopping them from making a living, but in hindsight, stopping W.R. Grace 30 years ago would have saved Libby’s economy, reputation, the lives of the citizens, the loss, the suffering and the pain that STILL goes on even in the youngest that are NOW still affected. The article in the begining of this post claims that libby is still very unsafeand though Montana got over 200 million, Libby folks are stuck in Libby, and stuck suffering.So I ask you to really look at ALL the data on this situation and take a hard look at the comparison of Revett Minerals and W.R. Grace, and Protect Your Family for the long run and not just the paycheck of today, which could never be worth your life or your needlessly suffering 10 years from now.Your Fisheries, Your Water Quality, Your Big Game are all being poisoned an you will ingest the water, the fish, the Big Game and well Won’t you Be affected ??
Ask questions Now. My Grandad did not have the luxury to know what he was getting into, you do. Check the Facts before you lay your life on the tracks for Revett Minerals to Get Rich.
I am not asking you to listen to me
I am asking you to Read more than what Revett Minerals says.
Protecting Grizzlies, People, Fisheries, Wildlife and Wilderness has become the new “Spotted Owl” if you want to side with the Conservative Groups than you are the Enemy when in truth, they want to protect YOU and your lifestyle.
“Bull trout there are experiencing a death by a thousand cuts and this is the worst of all," said Rob Roberts, coordinator with Trout Unlimited, the nation's leading trout and salmon conservation organization.”This being said at the same time Rox Rogers, John Muhlfeld, Fish – Wildlife and Parks and the Kootenai Network spent millions pretending to save the Bulltrout in Grave Creek, Eureka Montana. Hmmmm….
“Native fish in Rock Creek cannot tolerate sediment beyond the existing level, the conservation groups say.” In a State where the Fish, Wildlife and Parks KILLS all the Fish in a Lake to Save the native fish, they don’t seem to care that the rock creek mine will kill the fish and who knows what it will do to the people that eat the fish. But that is not a problem for the DEQ in Helena or Kalispell, they won’t be drinking that water or eating that fish. Sandpoint will, Sanders and Lincoln County will, so lets just let it slide.
It is said that Revett is considering the grizzly habitat and does care about responsible land management. How does a Company Responsibly Drill Caverns under a Wilderness area in the Mountains of Northwest Montana and go undetected, cause no harm to people, wildlife or fisheries for 50 years to come? How are they going to “double treat” the water before they let it into the pristine high mountain water shed of Montana and send down in the gorgeous Lake and on into the Columbia River Gorge and into the Ocean.
The Article also said “On the issue of the permit classification and public involvement Rife said, "We feel Montana DEQ knows the law, knows the process and is following the law." What, DEQ makes the law, and they follow preceding in accordance to which group benefits tax dollars best. DEQ should protect the waters of Montana, they are PROTECTING big Business just Like they did with W.R.Grace, I mean they were just in the news with a settlement on this. But 40 some years after the fact, certainly the DEQ folks than are retired or passed away and the DEQ of today will not be looking to “Hindsight” for Real Answers on what SHOULD be done.
The article also said, “Revett has for years sought approval for the mine and recently began constructing warehouse and office buildings at the site.” Of course they are building a warehouse, just like the Wilderness Club did in Eureka, they know the forces that be in Lincoln and Sanders County Montana will let them keep it and they know that they will FORCE this mine to open, banking on the Emotions of the locals who already blame “Conservative Groups” for taking away their right to log. They make these groups look like the devil when they are protecting the water, the fish we eat, the game we hunt, the water we drink and the air we breath.
The Article also said “On the issue of the permit classification and public involvement Rife said, "We feel Montana DEQ knows the law, knows the process and is following the law." What, DEQ makes the law, and they follow preceding in accordance to which group benefits tax dollars best. DEQ should protect the waters of Montana, they are PROTECTING big Business just Like they did with W.R.Grace, I mean they were just in the news with a settlement on this. But 40 some years after the fact, certainly the DEQ folks than are retired or passed away and the DEQ of today will not be looking to “Hindsight” for Real Answers on what SHOULD be done.The article also said, “Revett has for years sought approval for the mine and recently began constructing warehouse and office buildings at the site.” Of course they are building a warehouse, just like the Wilderness Club did in Eureka, they know the forces that be in Lincoln and Sanders County Montana will let them keep it and they know that they will FORCE this mine to open, banking on the Emotions of the locals who already blame “Conservative Groups” for taking away their right to log. They make these groups look like the devil when they are protecting the water, the fish we eat, the game we hunt, the water we drink and the air we breath.
Why Can’t Revett Mining leave our wilderness Alone. Hasn’t Libby and Northwest Montana suffered enough over big industry. W.R. has taken the lives of our families.I realize that Jobs are needed, but at what expensive? The lakes in the Cabinet Wilderness are more pristine than Flathead Lake due to mining upstream from there. The recent news spoke of pollutants in Lake Koocanusa coming from Mines in British Columbia. When does it end. I applaud those who keep fighting, the thing is, it is hard to win. Fresh Water and Clean air is not the priority of our Forest Service or Seemingly the State of Montana, the Land Loses pretty much EVERY time.
Real Estate is the Biggest Economic Factor that Will be Hit. Who wants to move to Northwest Montana, the land where the Forest Service always big industry to drill under their wilderness and with a process that WILL pollute the waters forever.
The mining company will take the BIG money and run and maybe even change their name like they did before, and North Idaho and Northwest Montana will be left with the mess. Just like the Vermiculite Mine in Libby Montana.There is NO DOUBT that the mine will drive away, kill and poison local wildlife.
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