A transfer of wealth and property rights. The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed designating the upper Columbia River a superfund cleanup site! This proposed site would stretch from the Grand Coulee Dam all the way to the Canadian Border. This is a 150-mile river reach that includes Lake Roosevelt and about 77,000 acres of land south of the border in Stevens County called the “uplands.”
I entered the Plein Air Competition at the Art on the Green show in Coeur d'Alene ID. We went out and painted on location around the Coeur d'Alene Lake to bring awareness to this issue. Since I was participating as an artist I took the time to research information available online about the "Superfund" designation in Kellogg ID and it's effects. The scientific studies seemed crazy after I got into them. One instance that really bothered me was the fact that they had planned to dredge the river bed in a 2 mile stretch (I don't remember the exact distance), then transport that dredged material to a farm within 2 miles distance to stockpile it. So, essentially their plan was to stir up all the settled sediment and pile it close by so winter snow and spring run off could return it right back into the watershed and lake. They were complaining that more land around the site would have to be condemned to store the mess. Hmmmm. I'm not a scientist but common sense screams that this is wrong.
Great Reporting Nancy, thank you. It amazes me how unelected officials have the power to make "rules" that are enforced by law. This is the antithesis of democracy...
I entered the Plein Air Competition at the Art on the Green show in Coeur d'Alene ID. We went out and painted on location around the Coeur d'Alene Lake to bring awareness to this issue. Since I was participating as an artist I took the time to research information available online about the "Superfund" designation in Kellogg ID and it's effects. The scientific studies seemed crazy after I got into them. One instance that really bothered me was the fact that they had planned to dredge the river bed in a 2 mile stretch (I don't remember the exact distance), then transport that dredged material to a farm within 2 miles distance to stockpile it. So, essentially their plan was to stir up all the settled sediment and pile it close by so winter snow and spring run off could return it right back into the watershed and lake. They were complaining that more land around the site would have to be condemned to store the mess. Hmmmm. I'm not a scientist but common sense screams that this is wrong.
Great Reporting Nancy, thank you. It amazes me how unelected officials have the power to make "rules" that are enforced by law. This is the antithesis of democracy...
Scary stuff.
Another example of egregious overreach.