Advocacy and Outreach
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Join MTU and others to rally for the Smith River
Sign up to catch a bus to Helena from Bozeman or Missoula to attend Montana DEQ Public Hearing on the Black Butte Copper Mine or tow your boat to the Capitol and join our boat procession and rally on the Capitol lawn. Learn more and sign up here.
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DEQ received 10,000 public comments on the Smith River
Way to go clean water and river lovers. The last time an agency tallied that many public comments on a river issue in Montana, it led to the removal of the Milltown Dam. Protecting the Smith is every bit as important. This fight isn’t over. Stay tuned. Read the article in the Helena IR here.
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What exactly is “EIS scoping”?
Before a mine can start moving minerals an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) must be completed. The first step in the process is scoping. Scoping is the initial process of determining what issues should be studied in the EIS. Public comment is an important part of the process. As part of the scoping process, the Montana…