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dam-l [harmful-hydro] Rivers Awareness Tour July 28
For Immediate Release
Upper Midwest's River's Awareness Tour Kicks Off Friday Evening, July 28
Paddlers, Native Americans, Environmentalists and Landowners To Unite
Against Threats to the Bioregion's Rivers from Proposed Duluth-Wausau
Transmission Routes
Catawba, WI, July 13 -- Grassroots organizations, tribes and individuals
in
the Upper Midwest are joining forces this summer to bring attention to the
human and ecological impacts of a proposed 250-mile electric transmission
line from Duluth, Minnesota, to Wausau, Wisconsin.
"This spring's conference in Minneapolis about the lack of environmental
justice in the upper Midwest's energy policies, and the May 19 release of
the DEIS (draft environmental impact statement) on the proposed routes in
Wisconsin propelled us to take a bioregional perspective," said Linda
Ceylor, spokesperson for Save Our Unique Lands, Inc., a Wisconsin group.
"An ecological approach to energy stresses conservation and the alternatives
available in the Midwest," said Kevin Sands O'Brien, spokesperson for
Minnesota Witness for Environmental Justice.
According to the DEIS, the line will cross rivers such as the St. Louis,
St.
Croix, Namekogan and Flambeau, as well as the Ice Age Trail. Other
ecological impacts mentioned are forest fragmentation from road and corridor
construction and degradation of wetlands.
"We've asked Pimicikamak Cree Indians to join us, since some of the power
transmitted on this line would be generated in their traditional land in
northern Manitoba," said Ceylor.
The week of events will include paddles and walks along the routes, as well
as social and educational activities in towns such as Gordon, Ladysmith,
Tomahawk and Medford.
All events are free and open to the public but registration is suggested,
but people will not be turned away on the day of the event. The tour begins
Friday evening, July 28 south of Duluth and ends at the Menominee Nation's
annual pow-wow in Keshena on Friday, August 4.
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For information about events in Wisconsin, call 715-474-2271
For information about the kick-off in Minnesota, call 612-871-8404
The Rivers Awareness Tour is supported by:
Sierra Club North Star Chapter
Sierra Club John Muir Chapter
Save Our Unique Lands, Inc.
Stewartship
Minnesota Witness for Environmental Justice
Honor the Earth, Inc.
Wanish Trucking
Clean Water Action Council of Northeast Wisconsin
Environmentally Concerned Citizens of Lakeland Areas
North American Water Office
Concerned Northwoods Citizens
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Information originally distributed by:
Ann Stewart
(Information Officer, Pimicikamak Cree Nation)
121 West Grant Street/Suite 116
Minneapolis MN 55403-2340 USA
p: 612.871.8404
e: stewartship@visi.com
f: 612.871.7922
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