Citizens Against Phosphate Mining
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The North Central Florida area is punctuated with lakes and rivers that make it a haven for tubing, canoeing, and camping. The lack of development in the area provides refuge for wildlife, including a number of endangered flora and fauna. It is an outdoor lover's paradise.
But now, four families holding vast tracts of land have formed a limited liability corporation, HPSII, to mine phosphate via an experimental process. The plan is to operate a minimum of 20 hours per day, six days per week. The vague permit they seek would allow mining up to within 25 feet of a wetland.
The main concern, despite the intrusion on quality of life in general, is contamination or diminished flow of water wells, the drinking water source for most people in the area. Another grave concern is the potential for release of lung cancer-causing radon gas, already at high levels in the area, is released when the ground is disturbed. The underlying karst geology is prone to sinkholes, even before pulling millions more gallons of water per day from the aquifer.
A small group of rural residents-turned-activists are determined to halt the mining of phosphate on 7,000 acres straddling the New River in north central Florida.
Please visit our website www.citizensagainstphosphatemining.org to learn more about our efforts.
Your donation today will go along way to protect our area for the future.
But now, four families holding vast tracts of land have formed a limited liability corporation, HPSII, to mine phosphate via an experimental process. The plan is to operate a minimum of 20 hours per day, six days per week. The vague permit they seek would allow mining up to within 25 feet of a wetland.
The main concern, despite the intrusion on quality of life in general, is contamination or diminished flow of water wells, the drinking water source for most people in the area. Another grave concern is the potential for release of lung cancer-causing radon gas, already at high levels in the area, is released when the ground is disturbed. The underlying karst geology is prone to sinkholes, even before pulling millions more gallons of water per day from the aquifer.
A small group of rural residents-turned-activists are determined to halt the mining of phosphate on 7,000 acres straddling the New River in north central Florida.
Please visit our website www.citizensagainstphosphatemining.org to learn more about our efforts.
Your donation today will go along way to protect our area for the future.
Fundraising team: Citizens Against Phosphate Mining - CAPM (2)
Larry Carol Burton
Organizer
Lake Butler, FL
Mark Lyons
Team member
