Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve

A small gathering a watershed residents and supporters of clean water and pure environment will be coming together this Sunday (July 18th) which is Lake Superior Day. All are welcome to fast together and may arrive anytime to the site. Below is a description on how to get there.
From Marquette: Travel up County Road 550 [...]

Drew Nelson, acclaimed singer and songwriter, recently released his latest song, entitled Eagle Rock-Song for the People. This is a wonderful song that tells of the story of our struggle to keep the Yellow Dog Plains free from pollutants and accessible for all to enjoy. “This is not a local problem, it is a global [...]

The permit application for the Woodland Road project was withdrawn from review according to a letter sent to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment on May 7.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. [...]

Over the course of the two weeks, we have seen one arrest, two protests, petitions, and letter writing campaigns. To top it all, members of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community have come to Eagle Rock to help protect it from mining development. Yesterday, Cynthia Pryor pleaded not guilty which would mean it will go to a [...]

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 was for [...]