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Dear John,
Today, the state recognized our tireless science and water quality monitoring work, which has shed light on a popular Boundary Waters-edge lake whose pollution has been ignored – until now. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has included Birch Lake, immediately upstream of the Boundary Waters, on its draft Impaired Waters list as impaired for sulfate. This is a significant step in the process of protecting Canoe Country permanently from toxic mining because it makes it more difficult for dangerous mining projects to be permitted in the future.
It is the work of Save the Boundary Waters that has gotten us to this moment - approximately 90% of the water quality data on Birch Lake was collected by our team. We couldn’t have gotten here without supporters like you.
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Not familiar with our water quality monitoring program? We’ve been working quietly for the past four years, intensively monitoring the waters of Birch Lake for sulfate. Thanks to the good work of Water Quality Monitoring Program Manager Lisa Pugh, our data was deemed the most high-quality sulfate data for Birch Lake in the State of Minnesota’s possession. We have a small but mighty team of two staff members conducting professional-level scientific research.
Why does this matter? Because sulfate pollution changes the ecology of lakes and streams and can be toxic to wild rice, which grows abundantly in Birch Lake. Rush a 2X gift to protect Minnesota’s wild rice >> [[link removed]]
How Save the Boundary Waters’ high-quality science program is changing the future of the clean water of the Boundary Waters watershed:
Birch Lake is now on its way to being on the final impaired waters list, which means that the machinery of the Clean Water Act will begin to turn, requiring the cleanup of the mining pollution still being dumped into the lake.
We are on our way to protecting the watershed of the Boundary Waters permanently. If Birch Lake’s listing is finalized by the EPA, the Clean Water Act will be triggered, and it will be more difficult for dangerous mining projects to be permitted in the future.
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Here’s where you can help:
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Many
of
our
monitoring
locations
are
remote
and
logistically
and
physically
difficult
to
access.
It
takes
an
immense
amount
of
organization
and
coordination
to
execute
this
work
to
a
high
standard.


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Lab
fees
for
sample
analysis
are
costly
and
add
up.
Sophisticated
sampling
equipment
is
expensive
and
requires
maintenance
and
upgrading.


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To
have
our
data
validated
and
accepted
by
agencies,
we
need
better
equipment
and
increased
capacity.


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This
is
just
the
beginning
of
Save
the
Boundary
Waters’
water
quality
program’s
role
in
aiding
permanent
protection
of
the
Boundary
Waters.
Help
us
expand
this
work.
Support the cutting-edge scientific work of Save the Boundary Waters by making a financial gift during Minnesota’s largest giving holiday. Rush a 2X gift right now >> [[link removed]]
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Ingrid Lyons
National Campaign Chair
Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters
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P.O. Box 625
Ely, MN 55731
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