It is show time! The toxic trespass ordinance y'all have been signing onto is coming before the supervisors this Monday, 7/11! Check out what you can do below.
Have you submitted written comments in to the National Academies and State? Info below, with lots of resources.
Speak up to protect what you love...
Heidi Dhivya Berthoud
Secretary Friends of Buckingham
Buckingham Board of Supervisors to vote on moving protective gold mining ordinance forward!!
Monday night! 7/11/22
We have been steadily reaching out to our Buckingham neighbors for the past year, gathering support for an ordinance that would protect us from the toxic trespass that industrial gold mining would bring.
This Monday night, 7/11, the Board of Supervisors will be asked by the county administrator, Karl Carter, to "Consider possibly developing a Goldmining Ordinance". This, after we met with him recently to introduce this common sense rights-based ordinance.
This is not yet at the public hearing stage. Because they are so busy - we have elected not to inundate them with public in-person comments - only a handful. But! We do want them to hear your support!
All Buckingham residents and landowners:
Please send a simple written statementto urge them to vote YES!
Here's a sampling:
My name is ________. I live in District _______.
Please vote yes to begin developing an industrial gold mining ordinance. Please direct the county administrator and attorney to take a good look at the proposed bill, which would present common sense protections from the forever toxic trespass we know would come with this industry. Thank you for taking care of us.
Please send before Monday 7/11 Noon. We can do this! Your voice counts!
You know that numbers matter. It takes a village! Let them know we care! How do we do that?
Please submit your written comments to the National Academies of Sciences (NAS) on their website here. In the upper right hand corner click on “Provide feedback on this project”.
Please take one more important action. Let the State Agencies (who are the other half of this study of gold mining) also know how you feel (Can be the same comments). Please submit comments through the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall on the public comment forum on the gold mining study.
For talking pointsclick here.
Get inspired - Watch videos of folks commenting at the NAS Listening Session in this post.
New to this? Need more info? Check out FoB's web page on industrial gold mining Here.
State Agency Gold Study Work Group
We are resource rich! Check this out:
Watch the June 23 recording of 3 stellar gold mining experts: Aaron Mintzes JD is on first (Earthworks); Stu Levitt JD (land mine reclamation); Dr Ann Maest (Environmental & Human health effects). Excellent!
If you haven't watched - not to miss! May 16 meeting recording: [Password is Xk7yfPpq] At 30 minutes Dr. Steve Emerman & at 60 minutes Dr David Pellow give compelling arguments for why there’s no place for industrial gold mining in VA.
Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC)
and Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF)
partner in their report to the National Academies of Sciences (NAS)
Check out those reports here:
SELC & CBF report
Dr. Ann Maest report.
Statewide coalition sign on letter to NAS
