Utah copper mine suspends operations after landslide
The Kennecott Copper Bingham Canyon Mine sits quiet after a landslide on April 11, 2013, in Bingham Canyon, Utah. Kennecott has suspended mining inside one of the world's deepest open pits as geologists assess a landslide the company says it anticipated for months. Read more
RoadRight Ecological Analysis
Road restoration is one of the best ways to improve water quality, ensure public access to key recreation areas, and restore habitat for both fish and wildlife. The first steps in rightsizing the road system are to identify the minimum road system and identify high-priority roads for decommissioning and reclamation. During the winter and spring of 2013 the GP Task Force partnered with Bird’s Eye View GIS to use The Wilderness Society’s “Road Right” model—a decision support tool that is science-based, simple, transparent, flexible, and scalable, which has been developed to use social and ecological criteria to prioritize opportunities for road maintenance, decommissioning, and reclamation. Read more
Stop Salvage Logging Near Mt. Adams
The Mt. Adams Ranger District unfortunately wants to salvage log the Cascade Creek Fire area, which includes both 80-100 year old trees and 200+year old-growth trees. The proposed salvage would mostly be in an area that is designed to serve as habitat for old growth related species and the Forest Service is trying to fast-track this project with limited environmental analysis. Call Mt. Adams District Ranger, Nancy Ryke, at 509.395.3401 or email at nryke@fs.fed.us to share your input by March 19th, 2013. For more information call GP Task Force Deputy Director, Lisa Moscinski at 503.221.2102 ext. 104 Read more
