Human Rights / Environmental Justice Rally Ready To Go; Join Upper Midwest's Rivers Awareness Tour, Friday Evening, July 28th.Business Editors CATAWBA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2000 Paddlers, Native Americans, Environmentalists and Landowners Unite Against Threats to the Bioregion's Rivers, From Proposed Duluth-Wausau Transmission Routes. Grassroots organizations It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. , tribes and individuals in the upper Midwest The Upper Midwest is a region of the United States with no universally agreed-upon boundary, but it almost always lies within the US Census Bureau's definition of the Midwest and includes the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as at least the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. are joining forces this summer to bring attention to the human and ecological impacts of a proposed 250-mile electric transmission line from Duluth, Minnesota, to Wausau, Wisconsin
Wausau is the county seat of Marathon County, Wisconsin. The city is located at 44°57'N 89°38'W with an altitude of 364.2 meters (1,195 feet). . "This spring's conference in Minneapolis, about the lack of environmental justice in the upper Midwest's energy policies, and the May 19th release of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the proposed routes in Wisconsin, propelled us to take a bioregional perspective," said Linda Ceylor, spokesperson for Save Our Unique Land (S.O.U.L.), a Wisconsin based group. "An ecological approach to energy, stresses conservation and the alternatives available in the Midwest," said Kevin Sands O'Brien, spokesperson for Minnesota Witness for Environmental Justice. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the DEIS, the line will cross rivers, such as the St. Louis, St. Croix, Namekogan and Flambeau flam·beau n. pl. flam·beaux or flam·beaus 1. A lighted torch. 2. A large ornamental candlestick. , as well as the Ice Age Trail. Other ecological impacts mentioned are forest fragmentation, from road and corridor construction and degradation of wetlands. "We've asked Pimicikamak Cree Indians to join us, since some of the power transmitted on this line would be generated in their traditional land in northern Manitoba," said Ceylor. The week of events will include paddles and walks along the routes, as well as social and educational activities in towns such as Gordon, Ladysmith, Tomahawk tomahawk [from an Algonquian dialect of Virginia], hatchet generally used by Native North Americans as a hand weapon and as a missile. The earliest tomahawks were made of stone, with one edge or two edges sharpened (sometimes the stone was globe shaped). and Medford. All events are free and open the public but registration is required. The tour begins Friday evening, July 28th, south of Duluth and ends at the Menominee Nation's annual pow-wow in Keshena, on Friday, August 4th. |
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