clayton wrote:http://www.rosemontcopper.com/mpo.html
It seems there a very environmentally unfortunate plans to carry out an open pit mining operation to begin in 2012.
part of the mine's introduction will be the renovation of I-83, closing it to heavy equipment transportation, and the tops of the mountain being taken off.
Yep this has been in the works since shortly after we got the venue. A few of us are involved in the SSSR group here:
http://www.scenicsantaritas.org/Truth be told this will probably happen and we will likely lose the AO at that time. As long as we continue to enjoy the relationship we have had with the Forest Service, finding another permitted spot should be fine.