Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve

Kennecott Eagle Minerals announced Tuesday that their ambitions to build a 22 mile section of road from Eagle Project to Humboldt Mill will be abandoned. Kennecott met with federal officials including the Environmental Protection Agency to discuss the road’s potential impact to wetlands, waterways, and wildlife habitat. When the idea of this road was first [...]

The development of a new public road will be on the agenda during the next Marquette County Road Commission meeting. The meeting is scheduled for October 7, 2010 at 6:30pm and will be held at the Ispheming Township Hall (1575 US 41). This proposed road will a likely alternative to the Woodland Road and be [...]

NORTHWOODS NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OUTING Proposed Kennecott haul road and North Country Trail Michigamme Highlands, Marquette County, Michigan Saturday, August 28, 10 AM Eastern (9 AM Central). Leaders: Emily Whittaker, Executive Director, Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve Steve Garske, Invasive Plant Specialist, GLIFWC This trip will begin near the southern end of the proposed mining haul [...]

The permit application for the Woodland Road project was withdrawn from review according to a letter sent to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment on May 7. The letter was sent from the Woodland Road, LLC which was planning to build a road connecting the Yellow Dog Plains to M-28 near Humboldt Township. [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers and U.S. Fish and Wildlfife has recommended to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment to NOT APPROVE the Woodland Road wetlands permits. There were two important concerns that emerged from all three agency comments:   1.  They recognized that the intent of the road [...]