Montana Mine Could be Death Sentence for Grizzlies from Wildlife
PromiseThe Cabinet Mountains Wilderness in northwest Montana is
one of the wildest places on earth, and the only protected land
in the 2.3 million acre Kootenai National Forest. Here, one of
North America’s most endangered grizzly bear populationsmoves
across a landscape of rugged mountain peaks and alpine lakes cut
by clear streams. But if the mining company aggressively
pursuing the copper and silver here gets its way, these bears
could be headed for regional extinction. The proposed Montanore
project–a silver and copper mine located near Libby,
Montana–would be one of the largest underground mines of its
type in North America, and would change the wildlife, clean
water, and wild country here forever. 10 Reasons to Stop
Montanore Mine: - Up to 27,000 acres of critical grizzly bear
habitat would be destroyed–a death sentence for the remaining
20-40 grizzly bears inhabiting the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness.
- Construction of an unlined tailings