Posted for a friend of mine:
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Todd

I have a friend that has a very well know environmental consulting service. Often he works with us on fishery issues. I asked him about the mining operation on Wednesday, and he told me that he didn't think that it was really that big of a deal at this time. He said that this mining operation was actually doing a HPC, and that 90% of all gravel pit operators have never even done this before. He said that the mining was going to happen in existing gravel pit(s) and that all the sediments were not going to be released back into the Lewis.


Was he wrong? He said that some people were worried about the possibility of major floods breaching the pits, and were concerned about sediments going into the East fork of the Lewis. Is that correct? What are the main problems that WSC is concerned about? Can you post some those concerns here? How does this project effect the relicensing of the upper projects on the mainstream Lewis?

What do the participants in that process think about the possible affects of this proposal, and how will it affect the relicensing process and the recovery of salmon and steelhead on the Lewis? Have you contacted the Cowlitz Tribe, or other tribes concerning this issue yet?

Question: Is this site location located in or near the lower end East fork of the Lewis? If so, how many of the wild steelhead spawn in this area? Or do the majority of them spawn above this proposed site area?
If so, what are their concerns?
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I'm sorry Todd but for me, you bring zero credibility to this issue and I don't jump on issues until I feel comfortable knowing exactly what is going on.