Issues and Causes

Quantity vs Quality: The Shoddy Science Behind the Idaho-Maryland Mine

Quantity vs Quality: The Shoddy Science Behind the Idaho-Maryland Mine

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Aaron Zettler-Mann, Interim Executive Director and Watershed Science Director at the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL), holds a PhD in fluvial geomorphology. The following is an Op-Ed he wrote for the local news outlets:

The final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed Idaho-Maryland Mine fails to adequately address the valid critiques of the draft EIR. Instead, shoddy science, bad computer models, baseless assumptions, and mountains of text hide the truth – the Idaho-Maryland Mine is bad for the environment and bad for our community.

Growing Green: California Cannabis Legislation Update
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Growing Green: California Cannabis Legislation Update

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Through Growing Green for the Yuba, SYRCL’s vision is to inspire the community to engage in sustainable and ecologically sound cannabis cultivation in the Yuba River watershed. In honor of 4/20, SYRCL would like to take a moment to share some interesting cannabis developments happening at the state level in California.  

California can’t afford the Idaho-Maryland Mine

California can’t afford the Idaho-Maryland Mine

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In 2019, Rise Gold Corp., a private company based out of Canada, submitted plans to the Nevada County Planning Department outlining a proposal to reopen the long-abandoned Idaho-Maryland Mine – hidden away beneath the vibrant community of Grass Valley, an archive of toxic mine waste and an intricate underground tunnel system dating back to the Gold Rush Era of the 1800s.