“Save the Wild U.P.” Fights Acid Mine Drainage
Save the Wild U.P. is a grassroots nonprofit organization based in Marquette, Michigan with deep concerns about the economic, social, and environmental impacts of nonferrous mining. Membership is open to all who desire to help Save the Wild U.P. protect the quality of our environment and the permanent economic base of our economy by opposing experimental, historically risky, metallic sulfide or uranium mining.
There has never been a metallic sulfide mine that has failed to pollute its watershed. Once such a reaction starts, it is difficult to keep this acid drainage out of the water. When water becomes acidic, it leaches out and disperses heavy metals into lakes and streams. Heavy metals are dangerous to health, wildlife, and the environment.
