Background
Photos Related to the Kensington Mine Case
Earthjustice attorney Tom Waldo defended the Clean Water Act and Lower Slate Lake before the Supreme Court on January 12, 2009. Read more about this case.
| Views of the local environment |
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| Canoers paddle Berners Bay in the shadow of Lions Head mountain, just below Lower Slate Lake and the proposed Kensington Mine site. |
| Photo: Skip Gray |
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| Aerial shot of Lynn Canal (left of peninsula), Berners Bay (right of peninsula) and the forestland that contains the proposed Kensington Mine site and Lower Slate Lake. Lions Head mountain looms in the background. Click image for hi-res version |
| Photo: Pat Costello |
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| Aerial views of Lower Slate Lake (2005) |
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| Lower Slate Lake (in the foreground), before preparations began there to store chemically processed waste from the Kensington Mine. Photo taken in 2005. |
| Photo: Pat Costello |
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| Additional flyover shot of Lower Slate Lake taken before preparations began to ready the lake to store chemically processed waste from the Kensington Mine. Photo taken in 2005. Click image for hi-res version. |
| Photo: Pat Costello |
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| Aerial views of Lower Slate Lake (2006) |
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| Aerial shot of Lower Slate Lake after the surrounding trees were cut down and access roads built. If Coeur Alaska, the operator of the Kensington Mine, is allowed to fill Lower Slate Lake with chemically processed tailings from the mine, nearly all of the lake’s aquatic life would perish. Photos taken in October 2006. Click image for high-res version |
| Photos: Pat Costello, courtesy of Lighthawk |
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| Another view of Lower Slate Lake. Click image for hi-res version. |
| Photo: Pat Costello, courtesy of Lighthawk |
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| Aerial shot of the Kensington Mine mill site, where ore extracted from the mine would be processed. Lower Slate Lake is the further of the two lakes in the distance. Berners Bay is in the background. Photo taken in October 2006. Click image for hi-res version. |
| Photo: Pat Costello, courtesy of Lighthawk |
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| Acid mine drainage |
Lower Slate Lake and Juneau |
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| Acid mine drainage caused by mining activity was found near the Kensington Mine and Lower Slate Lake in 2007. Click on image for link to Juneau Empire story. |
| Photo: U.S. Forest Service |
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| Lower Slate Lake is roughly 35 miles north of Juneau. |
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