Forest Service Urged to Reject Massive Idaho Gold Mine Threatening Endangered Species, Public Health
Center for Biological Diversity: MCCALL, Idaho— A planned open-pit cyanide leach gold mine in Idaho’s Salmon River Mountains would jeopardize public health and clean water, harm endangered species, violate Indigenous treaty rights and permanently scar thousands of acres of public land in the headwaters of the South Fork Salmon River, a coalition of local and national conservation groups said.
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Source: biologicaldiversity.org