Wolfden Resources, a Canadian company that has never operated a mine, has requested State approval for rezoning an area on Pickett Mountain in Penobscot County so they can mine for zinc and other common metals. This is a volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit which means that it will be an acid ore mine. These mines are
By Jen Brophy and Igor Sikorsky
As longtime owners of sporting camps in Maine, we know the deep connection that a clean and healthy environment has to the state’s economic success.
Maine’s North Woods are the backbone of a booming outdoor recreation economy.
I am writing to express my strong opposition to Wolfden Resources’ proposed mine near Picket Mountain in the Katahdin region. For decades, I and many others have enjoyed the freshwater fishery of Pleasant Lake, its flowage into Mud Lake, which is the headwater of the west branch of the Mattawamkeag River, downstream to Duck Pond […]