On Wednesday the 13th the Land Use Planning Commission will deliberate on Wolfden's proposed polymetallic sulfide mine at Pickett Mountain in the headwaters of the Penobscot River near Baxter State Park. If approved, the mine would be the first metal mine in Maine in 45 years despite the fact that the last two continue to cost taxpayers millions of dollars in cleanup--leaching toxins into ground and surface waters rendering private wells useless and public fisheries forever closed to harvest.
Join the movement to protect our future from what the EPA calls the most toxic industry in the USA and stand shoulder to shoulder with the Penobscot Nation, Houlton Band of Maliseet, Maine Wilderness Guides Organization, Maine Council of Churches, Maine Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Native Fish Coalition, Atlantic Salmon Federation, Pickett Mountain Rod and Gun Club, Maine Rivers, Community Water Justice, Friends of Pickett Mountain Pond, Sunlight Media Collective, Maine Green Independent Party, Dark Sky International, Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters, National Parks Conservation Association, Mt. Chase Lodge, Resist Maine Mining, Friends of Baxter State Park, Island Falls Lakes Association, Bradford Camps, Red River Camps, Chandler Lakes Camps, CARMA, Friends of Cobscook Bay, The Editorial Board of the Portland Press Herald, Maine Audubon, Slingshot, Sierra Club Maine, and thousands of other Mainers like you!
We hope to see you at the next LUPC Meeting to let the Commission know that if they open the door to toxic gold diggers and Wall Street grifters we'll work together to slam it shut. We won't let Maine become a sacrifice zone for corporate profits. 10am Wednesday, December 13th at Jeff's Catering, 15 Littlefield Rd, in Brewer. Or listen virtually here: https://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/attach.php?id=12146297&an=1
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