Mining and Its Environmental Issue

ENVIRONMENT & RELATED INFORMATION

Federal Judge Blocks Huge Florida Mining Project that threatens Miami water Everglades
Judge:Corps failed Glades
Particulate Matter Effect on Petunia"Blue Spark" Plants - Effect of dust on plants 12/09
Information- water environment, dewatering, post reclamation and more 11/16
Information about Crested Caracara 11/13
Info on crested Caracara birds and the sound they make 11/10
pictures of crested Caracara birds - wildlife 11/10
Crested Caracara birds- mom and babies and nesting habitat 11/10
Mississippi River - What Army Corps of Engineers 10/14 -1p pdf file
Group prods EPA to force state cleanup 10/14
Turbid Waters - as effect of water runoff -Siltation 10/07
Rockmining in the Everglades, Despite Concerns About Impacts on Restoration Plans10/06
TCPalm News -Waterways called "Real Mess" 10/05
South Florida Enviroment - A Region Under Stress 09/30
Pictures of what a real wetland looks like with wading birds 08/29
Judge Revokes Mine Permit in Florida 08/24 (fixed missing link 09/30)
Florida's big cats rebound But remain at mercy of politics, science and growth 08/02
THE SWAMP: MINING THE EVERGLADES IN ORDER TO SAVE IT 07/25
Dusty environs injurious to plants 07/10
Sundance Mountain and rock pit 07/10
The Summitville Mine Case Study 07/10
Saving the Everglades 07/10 - (fixed missing link 09/30)
More Mining Pictures 06/27
Limerock Mine Next to Manatee Springs Back on the Table(AGAIN!!!) 06/23
What's happening to Lake Jackson -Update 06/17
SFWMD Environmental Conditions Update 06/04
St. Lucie River Estuary and the Indian River Lagoon are now in critical condition06/04
High Salinity Levels Prompt Freshwater Releases to Caloosahatchee Estuary 06/04
Environmental issues about keeping 'good nature' 06/03
Expert: Mining drains wetlands - Cumulative Impacts not addressed - 06/01
Mining Environmental Impacts-Integrating--Economic Perspective 05/24
What are sinkholes? 05/18
How Do I Know If I Am Dealing With A Sinkhole? 05/18
A Swarm of Sinkholes suddenly appeared on forest floor 05/18
Sinkholes Impacts can be minimized 05/18
Environmental Impacts Related to Hydrogeological System 05/14
Who gets the water? 05/11
Army Corps Approves Limestone Mining in Everglades 05/11
Effects of Surface Mining on Aquatic Resources 05/08
Suit Challenges Everglades Limestone Mining
Mitigation banks not working to replace the wetlands- 04/26
Westwind Corkscrew Mine - additional mining information 04/23
Florida S.O.S -a must to read!
New Orleans - a future Atlantis?
Mexico City sinking?
Effects of groundwater overpumping
USGS & ground water studies
USGS reports to Congress
Destruction of Wetlands
Florida aquifers and sinkholes formation.
More sinkholes formation
Potential Environmental Impacts of Quarrying Stone in Karst

RELATED INFORMATION

The Role of Wetland - under Related Environmental Issue 02/03/05
Ecology website 11/18
Florida Wildlife Information 11/16
State Lands Acquisition History 11/03
2005 South Florida Environment Report from SFWMD 11/03 27pp.pdf
American Rivers - what's happening to all our rivers 10/14
Guide Book on Silt Control an Contributing Factors 10/07
Fish Advisories 10/06
A $140-million mess 10/01
Cement firm close to mine expansion 08/02
Mining Threat of Phosphate mine 08/02
Sand & gravel mining- aquatic resource effects & management alternatives 07/10
Flowing Water Swamps in Florida 07/10
Adam's mine pits are leaking 07/10
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Protect Forest Reserves; Keep Mining Companies Out Of Ghana 06/23
Indonnesians Protest US-led Destruction of Protected Forests 06/23
Mining, murder and mayhem: The impact of the mining industry in the South 06/23
Environmental issues about keeping 'good nature' 06/20
Florida Puts Seal on Plan to Restore Indian River Lagoon,St. Lucie, etc 06/18
$6.5 million in grants to restore local waters - in addition to $28m grants 06/18
DEP newsletter- Hydrogeology news etc. 06/17
Wood Stork 06/03
Florida Continues Restoration of Rivers, Lakes 06/09
more to come

Florida aquifers - as our water source and the environment are very much intertwined with each other that we definitely cannot separate the two apart. If one is changed, others follow!