Clean Water Action

Public Forum on the Impacts of Big Stone II

The wind blows free and clean across the South Dakota - Minnesota border; while the cost of burning more coal comes not only in dollars and cents it comes at the expense of our health and environment. Already, the fish in Big Stone Lake contain mercury poison.

Come join acclaimed author and environmental activist Winona LaDuke, an enrolled member of the White Earth Anishinaabe and Executive Director of the national organization, Honor the Earth. Hosted by Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Office of Environmental Protection and Honor the Earth

• Date: Monday, March 10, 2008
• Time: 5:00 pm gather, 6:00 pm presentations start
• Location: Community Center, Agency Village, SD

Other speakers include Bruce Van Haveren, PhD, Consulting Environmental Scientist; Dr. Hal Cooper, Firetail Energy Systems, Inc., who will introduce the CEFCO Process; SWO member Michael LaBatte, GIS Manager; and, Mary Jo Stueve Program Coordinator Clean Water Action of South Dakota.

Read the SOTA for news and photo highlights from each week from the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate (People) of the Lake Traverse Reservation located west / northwest (30-50 miles) of the proposed Big Stone II.

For more information about the event contact Mary Jo at 605-978-9196.