Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company is guided by its commitment to sustainable development. This means we are committed to balancing our economic progress with our social and environmental responsibility. Wherever possible, we prevent or otherwise minimize, mitigate and remediate the harmful effects of our operations on the environment.
Kennecott has studied the area to determine the best approach to develop minimal surface disturbances at this site. During the past few years Kennecott Minerals has been actively engaged in scientific analysis, economic review, environmental studies and dialogue with community residents. This extensive assessment of the Eagle Project included detailed environmental studies in these areas:
- Hydrology
- Geohydrology
- Water Quality
- Meteorology
- Wetland Delineation
- Flora and Fauna
- Cultural Resources
Plans for the development of the site include a comprehensive water capture and treatment program to ensure groundwater and surface water resources are protected, particularly as it relates to preventing and/or mitigating potential acid rock drainage.
Our company is committed to the conservation of species, their environment and their habitats. Wildlife studies on the Eagle Project site were numerous and included such activities as locating and identifying birds, amphibians, macroinvertebrates and mammals including potential threatened and endangered species.
Additionally, the upland and wetland vegetation communities present at the project site have been carefully mapped, and the types of plants and where they occur on the study site have been recorded. Great care has been taken to avoid impacts to wetlands at the mine site. Initially a cultural resources survey was conducted through literature review for documented evidence of prehistoric and/or Native American use of the area within and adjacent to the proposed mine site. Although documentation of prehistoric and Native American activities in the Upper Peninsula was identified, field surveys found no evidence of these activities in the areas of proposed surface facilities other than a couple of old logging camps and modern timbering activities. This information was has also been reviewed by the State Historic Preservation Office.
Environmental studies will continue throughout the development and operation of the mine to ensure will life and its habitats remain vital and healthy.
