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Happy Birthday, Wild Bill Hickock (1837-76)! ♠️♣️8️⃣8️⃣
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Is it me, or is wind a bigger factor for canoeing over the last few years? I think I missed the best opportunity this week, and it’s... -
Halpc reacted to snapper's post in the thread 10 Most Beautiful Places in Upstate New York with
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Certainly that's an admirable list but they missed the entire Upper Delaware River basin from Hancock, NY all the way down to Port... -
No-see-ums chase me into the tent right in the middle of that beautiful sunset. The fading light still permeates the tent walls. I am...
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A Perfect Day I woke to dank and dreary skies. Cold. Scuttled back into my sleeping bag and slept more. I was awakened by loud...
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Halpc replied to the thread Where have we all paddled?.Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, Minnesota, Florida, Indiana, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada...
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I should have made clearer in this thread and the age poll thread, where I said something similar, and in all places where I have said...
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Halpc reacted to PortageW/Cerberus's post in the thread Proposed Twin Metals Mine in MN near the BWCA with Like.
Chilean company with a majority owner who is friends with the Trump family. Profits to Chile. We do not have the smelter capacity in...
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Halpc reacted to BWCA66's post in the thread Proposed Twin Metals Mine in MN near the BWCA with Like.
As a MN resident who has been to the BWCA over 200 times I'm torn. Mining if it can be done correctly does have a place but I would...
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Halpc reacted to Tryin''s post in the thread Proposed Twin Metals Mine in MN near the BWCA with Like.
The Twin Metals-owned property is 4.8 miles from Gabbro. However, the federal mining district butts up to the wilderness boundary, which...
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Halpc reacted to memaquay's post in the thread Proposed Twin Metals Mine in MN near the BWCA with Like.
We are dealing with an open pit gold mine. Despite lip service to environmental guidelines, it is proving to be an ecological disaster...
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Halpc reacted to Black_Fly's post in the thread Proposed Twin Metals Mine in MN near the BWCA with Like.
I’ve seen the proposed site plan. 653 acres for 1.5 million tons of tailings, water on both sides of the site, shallow water table.
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Halpc reacted to Black_Fly's post in the thread Proposed Twin Metals Mine in MN near the BWCA with Like.
I mapped tailings from coal strip mines in Indiana, Kentucky. It’s not something you can fix afterwards. Not worth the risk...
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Halpc reacted to Jim Dodd's post in the thread Proposed Twin Metals Mine in MN near the BWCA with Like.
It's not worth taking the chance, on the mine not contaminating the BWCA. There is No fix, if the BWCA is contaminated. The BWCA is...
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Yes, absolutely. I have never had ‘traffic’ there. The float to Ochre is quite a departure from the pond paddling; it’s an intimate...
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Linda and I paddled the local little Miami National Scenic River, Fort Ancient section to just past the sewage plant below Morrow Ohio...