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This type of mine has a perfect record of failure to protect. It always pollutes. We can only hope that arm twisting from on high won’t fast track the idiocy. Why is everyone so intent on making everywhere into Ohio?

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.

I mapped tailings from coal strip mines in Indiana, Kentucky. It’s not something you can fix afterwards. Not worth the risk, especially for foreign interests with a terrible record, for a resource that is readily obtained elsewhere.

Linda and I paddled the local little Miami National Scenic River, Fort Ancient section to just past the sewage plant below Morrow Ohio. Got to play around with a proper length paddle. Got the trim pretty good with 5 gal up front.

Resolution passed 50-49. Last hope is Mn DNR in the permitting process. Pressure will be intense from the highest levels to fast track this in spite of science.

I remember all that upheaval. This platform is a huge improvement.

I just heard that the senate is voting on the resolution to eliminate the moratorium on copper sulfide mining in the headwaters of BWCA. It’s probably too late to call your senator, but in case it’s delayed again, you can call your senator tomorrow to voice your displeasure with selling off our...

Having had issues with both shoulders, I’ve done some experimenting with paddles. The longer blade is easier than the wider ones. Of my wider paddles, the bent shaft seems easier, but takes some practice in moving water and is not always ideal. I used the bent shaft on fast streams while...

When was the change to this platform? I think I’ve been on here since before 2018, although it may have been under a different username. What I really need to know is what do I get for all my points?

IDK Steve, seems like the crowds during Covid stayed in the BWCA afterwards. Part of it’s me getting ancient, not able to go as far as quickly, but if you look at the growth of Ely and other towns, the permanent boom is corroborated. I spent a couple days visiting lakes outside the BWCA and...

They disturb the nature of an area forever. New roads and facilities don’t just evaporate afterwards. Bigger everything, from airport expansion to lodging and performance sites become part of the permanent growth of the community. Call someplace paradise, kiss it goodbye. Maybe they’ll...

I don’t remember when I came to this forum, but I remember new software after a long time of a different format. So how long has Canoetripping.Net been around? I’m thinking around the millennium or early 2000s.

My son found this canoe in a friend’s yard in SC. I’ve never seen a wood frame like this, so I figured more knowledgeable folks here might find this interesting…or not. I have no idea what the hull is made of and my boy did not ask.

Yeah, mine are BD storms as well. I used a candle lantern for years, and still miss that soft light and gentle warmth. Just too heavy.

This is what I’m cleaning out on both ends and along sides (soffits) every day with a pitch fork (note highlighting).

Cleaned the nests out today and a thought occurred to me: Can a person catch bird flu from breathing in nest litter? Adding a N95 mask to my nest remediation gear.

Our garbage can gets so nasty my wife won’t take it out. We’ve never been able to utilize the space without covering, hosing, power washing. So far, denying them sedate nesting is the only way to mitigate the white paint on everything. I’ll rake the nests out every day for a couple months...

I put old cat litter in one end. They just nest on top of it. Snakes it is! Not an anti avian thread, and I’ve planted enough trees on my lot to qualify for the Audubon Society habitat enhancement award,

I don’t like seats on the floor. Hard to get out of.

Birds make a mess of our carport - it’s like their own condo. I tear nests out every day. This is the heavy season. So now, I’m tarping my canoe, trying to devise a cover for the entire rack and its occupants. I’m wondering if there’s not an effective deterrent to settlement. Maybe used cat...