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Mt. Bohemia zoning issues to top Dec. 14 Planning Commission meeting
By Michele Anderson   Posted 12/13/2006  Updated 12/14/2006

EAGLE RIVER -- Definitions and uses of yurts in relation to the Mt. Bohemia Ski Resort at Lac La Belle will be a major topic for discussion at the Keweenaw County Planning Commission meeting to be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 14. (Please note this time. Keweenaw Now regrets the error in the time posted on Dec. 13.) The discussion on yurts was tabled at the Nov. 28 Planning Commission meeting, during which Lonie Glieberman, Mt. Bohemia Ski Resort (Black Bear, Inc.) president, and his attorney Frank Ellias addressed the Commission with concerns about definitions of ski resorts, ski hills and yurts in the new potential Keweenaw County zoning ordinance. The Keweenaw County Board of Commissioners is expected to vote on the new ordinance by February or March, 2007. more
Photo: Lonie Glieberman, Mt. Bohemia Ski Resort (Black Bear, Inc.) president, addresses the Keweenaw County Planning Commission during their Nov. 28 meeting in the Courthouse in Eagle River. At left is Planning Commissioner Joe Langdon of Lac La Belle. (Photo © 2006 Michele Anderson)

DEQ proceeds with Kennecott sulfide mine application, still opposed by community groups
By Emily Svenson and Michele Anderson   Posted 11/22/2006 

MARQUETTE -- The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) resumed processing Kennecott Minerals' application for a sulfide mine under the Yellow Dog Plains and Salmon Trout River on Oct. 26, 2006. A debate over the proposed Eagle Project mine, to be located about 30 miles northwest of Marquette, has been ongoing since the spring of 2003, when Kennecott’s proposition became public. Both local and national groups oppose the mine, citing especially the danger of Acid Mine Drainage to trout streams and ultimately Lake Superior. On Nov. 14, 2006, the DEQ issued a permit review update on the proposed Eagle Project mine, stating public comments on Kennecott’s response to the DEQ's questions on their initial application will be accepted until Dec. 26, 2006. The DEQ will make a proposed decision to grant or deny the Part 632 permit application on January 9, 2007, and will also issue notice of a consolidated public hearing (on the Part 632 permit and on air and groundwater permit applications) expected to be held in mid-February. more
Photo: A view of the Salmon-Trout River, which flows through an area proposed for Kennecott Minerals' Eagle Project sulfide mine. The River contains a rare population of Coaster Brook Trout. (File photo © 2005 Northwoods Wilderness Recovery. Reprinted with permission.)

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