Dioxin Update
Lone Tree Council and TRW
May 6, 2007 #91
Saginaw News Earth Day Stories on the Lone
Tree Council
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A Lone Tree for vigilance
Nearly three decades ago, Terry R. Miller listened to warnings about
radioactive releases and isotope counts and worried whether that
might someday threaten those who lived near a nuclear power plant
under construction in Midland.
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Group won't back down from Dow
With a $1,500 budget, two vocal leaders as its public face and a
membership of 100, the Lone Tree Council hasn't blinked in a dioxin
contamination fight with a global chemical giant that employs
thousands and earned a $3.7 billion profit last year.
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Legend of the Lone Tree
The Lone Tree Council's name arises from an American Indian legend
about an ash tree standing alone in a Bay County prairie.
We really need to thank the Saginaw News. As a result of these
stories Lone Tree Council has been the most grateful recipient of
new memberships and numerous inquiries on how to join. We
are delighted that so many people are paying attention. Terry
Miller and I have both been approached on the streets/in public and
thanked for the grass roots vigilance. Below please find an
membership form for the Lone Tree Council. Cut it out and mail to
our PO Box.
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Lone Tree Council Membership
Student/Senior
$5.00 Sustaining $ 50.00
Regular
$10.00 Lifetime $200.00
Name________________________________________
Address______________________________________
City____________
State________ Zip _____________
E-mail
_____________________ Phone______________
Lone Tree Council
P.O. Box 1251 Bay City MI 48706
For information
call : 989-686-6386
Membership includes the
Leaf-Let News letter and you lending your important voice to
protecting Michigan’s largest Watershed!………..Thank you.
We do not and
will not share your information
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Yes, after all these years and with support and commitment of Lone
Tree's Pat Race of Bay City, we now have our very own web site. The
site is under construction and we will be loading it with links,
information and watershed specific content over the next few weeks.
We are open to suggestions so give us shout!
HENRY et al vs. Dow Chemical
To be heard tomorrow morning in Detroit before the Michigan Court of
Appeals. Stay tuned to the Tittabawassee River Watch web site for
your most immediate update.
Lone Tree Council vs Army Corp of
Engineers
Final arguments were made before Judge Lawson on Friday April 27 th
in Bay City Federal Court. Judge Lawson stated he would render a
decision in two to three weeks. It remains our position that the
drive by assessment done by the Corp of Engineers is not sufficient
to contain dioxin laden sediments in the flood plain of the river,
next to people's homes and a wildlife refuge.
Recently in the Saginaw News, Mr. Koski, again stated his absolute
confidence in the dredge site construction and engineering. Again, I
would tell you to go to the
www.dredgeitright.org web site and read Mr. Koski's deposition
and determine for yourself if he know enough about this project to
be so confident.
Good News from the DEQ Dow Quarterly
Meeting
Plans are under way for additional removal of sediments after
identification of additional hot spots of dioxin in the
Tittabawassee River were found.
SNIP:
"We're happy to see that they're cleaning up the river," said
Shirley Salas, a riverside resident and co-founder of Tittabawassee
River Voice, a traditionally anti-DEQ regulation group. "It's always
good to get things cleaned up."
The founder of Bay City-based environmental activist group
Lone Tree Council, Terry Miller, called the plan "excellent."
Best Regards,
Michelle Hurd Riddick
Lone Tree Council