Tag: air quality

Stibnite Gold Mine Plan fails to address concerns about toxic mine pollution in Salmon River headwaters

For Immediate Release: Friday, September 6th, 2024  Contacts:  Mary Faurot Petterson, Save The South Fork Salmon, savethesouthfork@gmail.com Randy Fox, Idaho Conservation League, rfox@idahoconservation.org  Nick Kunath, Idaho Rivers United, nkunath@idahorivers.org  Will …

Sun Valley Summer Series – Ketchum, ID

Idaho Conservation League will be hanging out with Wood River Trails Coalition at Sun Valley Summer Series. Sun Valley Company will be offering extended hours for lift-assisted mountain biking, live …

Join ICL in the fight against Stibnite!

Among Idaho’s precious watersheds and rivers, the South Fork Salmon River holds a special place as a key ecological haven for threatened fish species, as well as a prized whitewater …

Permit invalid for proposed Stibnite Gold Mine over arsenic air pollution concerns

For Immediate Release: Friday, May 10, 2024 Contacts:  Will Tiedemann, Conservation Associate, Idaho Conservation League (208) 345-6933 x 213  Bryan Hurlbutt, Staff Attorney, Advocates for the West, (208) 342-7024 x …

We are the Boise River – Say NO to CuMo!

Idaho Copper, a new “shell company” for the Canadian mining company MultiMet, is proposing to construct over 8 miles of new roads and clear 122 drill pads in the Boise …

Say No to CuMo: Comment Writing Workshop – Virtual

The 2023 CuMo Mine Exploration Project has the goal of constructing one of the world’s largest open-pit molybdenum mines in the headwaters of the Boise River.  The current drilling exploration …

Stop Stibnite: Tips for writing comments to the Forest Service

In late October, the U.S. Forest Service released its Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the proposed Stibnite Gold Project. The proposed open pit cyanide leach mine is located east of Cascade …

Stop Stibnite: Protecting air quality

The South Fork Salmon River is one of Idaho’s most ecologically important watersheds. The river and its tributaries like the East Fork South Fork provide critical habitat for Chinook salmon, …

Stop Stibnite: Proposed gold mine spells trouble for Idaho wildlife

The South Fork Salmon River is one of Idaho’s most ecologically important watersheds. The river and its tributaries like the East Fork South Fork provide critical habitat for Chinook salmon, …

Stibnite Gold Project: Major concerns and what’s next

Idaho Conservation League and Idaho Rivers United have been critical of the Stibnite Gold Project for many reasons, and we’ll be looking for a few things when the new mine …