... areas. Not only are this area affected, but the surrounding watershed of the Wolf River and the mining process would infect over 10,000 miles of rivers and other watersheds. The mining companies that are involved claim that this mine would be a state of the art, "environmentally safe ... largest cause of negative environmental impacts resulting from mining ("Environmental"). According the US Bureau of mines, mine wastes have poisoned over 12,000 miles of rivers and streams in the United States. The release of these toxins into the natural ecosystem can have potentially devastating effect...

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