Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve

December 20th, 2011 Presented By: Julie Christiansen   Kennecott’s “Model” Mine Tests Find Significant Toxins   Flambeau Mining Co., a subsidiary of Kennecott Mineral Co., is showing high levels of toxic pollutants, 14 years after mining operations ceased. Flambeau was an open pit mine that operated from 1993-1997 and produced 181,000 tons of copper, 3.3 [...]

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 [...]

In early celebration of World Wide Water Monitoring Day, the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve is hosting a training session for individuals who want to learn more about river ecosystems and assist in our water monitoring program.  We will provide information, tools, refreshments, and a free river monitoring T-shirt on September  11, 2010 to those who [...]

As part of our mission, YDWP will continue to collect as much scientific data as we can to document the conditions of the watershed. We will be conducting a Breeding Bird Survey on June 12, 2010 and need more people to help collect information. If you like to go birding or just to be outdoors, [...]

To All the Wonderful Friends and Supporters of the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve, No matter what happens in this world, we will still be there continuing on with our mission. Our group started back in 1995 when the forests were being logged but no one was watching. Since then, we’ve done alot for a small [...]