Save the Wild UP--an organization opposing the construction of an environmentally destructive sulfide mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula--that the United States Fish and Wild Service is soliciting additional public input on whether or not the Coaster Brook Trout should be considered an endangered species. The trout's only remaining spawning grounds is the Salmon Trout River that is threatened by possible pollution from the Eagle Project Sulfide Mine on the Yellow Dog Plains. Save the Wild UP encourages people to review information on the trout and comment. Designating the Coaster Brook Trout as an endangered species could be an important step in preventing the opening of the Eagle Project mine.
The Coaster Brook Trout is the namesake of Grand Rapids' Coaster Brook Earth First! a group organizing locally to oppose the Eagle Project mine.
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