So after you stop all the mining on the flats, how and who is going to pay for all that work you are sugesting? Just saying maybe it should be an effort with the racers and the Mining concerns to work towards a better Salt Flats. So as far as your petition goes put your money where your mouth is!!!!
Oh yea just so you know I'm not in the mining business, but I do care about the Salt Flats, and I don't even race.
And Mike, that's the whole rub.
Intrepid is the owner of the current conveyance of salt back to the north end.
Mike, I DID sign the petition - the reason being is that the issue needs to be looked at, awareness needs to be raised, and provided they're not moving the salt out of the area - there are those who contend otherwise - then I think Intrepid needs to put it back, and I think they need to be held to that task.
And it's rare when a mining company has a cooperative and interested party involved that is actually helping to raise funds to do so. I'm unaware of any mining company that has a watchdog such as Save the Salt that has actually invested money into the recovery process, rather than simply going for legal redress.
To those who say, "don't take it any further up the governmental chain", I can only say that even the BLM has admitted they have not been keeping close tabs on this issue.
Additionally, if the new potash extraction facility goes into operation, it will further depress local potash prices and make Intrepid less likely to even be ABLE to replenish the salt.
It's a sticky wicket.
A call to and from "upstairs" is in order, and even if the result is not what we would hope for, there's little reason to expect that continuing down the current path will provide results favorable to racers.
Respectfully yours,
Chris Conrad
