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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
November 24, 2004
For more information contact Carrie Longwood at:
605-342-0429 or carrie.sdsga@midconetwork.com
www.southdakotastockgrowers.org
S.D.
Stockgrowers Urge Homestake Property Cleanup
The South Dakota
Stockgrowers Association urge the state to use fund money to clean up the
Homestake property, rather than purchasing land, said Stockgrowers District 8
Director, Bill Kluck, Mud Butte, S.D.
About their formal
comments, yet to be filed, Kluck says, “Our suggestion will basically be that
the state use the allocated funds to restore the contaminated mine property,
which is what the money was meant for.” He continues, “In the ‘Draft
Conceptual Restoration Plan for Whitewood Creek and the Belle Fourche and
Cheyenne River Watersheds,’ the Game, Fish and Parks proposes acquiring
property, either through outright purchase or through easements, but the
Stockgrowers prefer the alternative that would bring the contaminated property
back to a healthy state.”
Kluck says there
could be harmful effects yet to be discovered from the contaminated property,
and if the state uses the restoration funds to purchase additional land, they
will not have the financing to deal with future problems that may show up.
Additionally, Kluck
says, the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association urges the Governor to give
administrative authority over the fund to an entity responsible for the
state’s health and welfare, rather than the Game, Fish and Parks. “Secretary
Cooper should not be expected to shoulder the burden of ensuring the health and
safety of the public as it relates to the mine property. That is expecting too
much out of our game management agency.”
The Stockgrowers
urge all interested parties to comment by
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