December 3, 2008 - -- Court decision allows Simplot to expand mine
An important legal decision has allowed the J. R. Simplot Company to move forward with plans to extract phosphate ore from two new sections of its...
October 8, 2008 - -- Simplot Challenges Environmental Groups Lawsuit
BOISE, ID - The JR Simplot Company has filed a Motion to intervene in Idaho Federal District Court opposing a lawsuit filed last week by the Greater Yellowstone...
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Idaho mines harm Yellowstone fish - Jan 12 News article based on misleading statements and data from activist about cuttthroat trout. Idaho state cutthroat management plan contains more factual data. (more) |
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Forest Service video USFS produced 14 min video about Phosphate Mining in the Caribou-Targhee forest. (requires high speed access) |
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The Pole Canyon Solution video How the J.R. Simplot Company solved the selenium challenge at Smoky Canyon. Video depicts the history of phosphate mining in Idaho by J.R. Simplot Co, the importance of phosphate as a fertilizer and the unanticipated selenium problem at Pole Canyon and Simplot’s engineered solution to selenium migration. |
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to assist news media with Smoky Canyon visits, interviews and provide some quick
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