PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • February 14, 2024
I am writing in opposition to the Wolfden application to rezone a portion of northern Penobscot County for metal mining. Historically, metal mining is a sad story of severe environmental degradation, including the poisoning of lakes, ponds, streams and rivers, the destruction of critical fish, waterfowl and wading bird habitats, the pollution of deep aquifers and surface water recharge sites and lasting harm to human beings. Metal mine tailings and the handling and disposal of mining wastewater pose immediate and continuing long-lasting environmental threats. I urge all Mainers and the Land Use Planning Commission to join me in opposing this dangerous mining proposal. ~ John Loyd, Harpswell