corporate whores kill rock creek

Bill Orchow is president and CEO of Revett Minerals. Bill likes silver and copper and American greenbacks. Bill likes this shit so much he's willing to fuck up Rock Creek, a population of endangered grizzlies, a population of endangered bull trout, put roads all over the place, dump chemicals, cut down trees and lord knows whatall else. Surprized? Nope. Not a bit. This is happening incrementally all over the country (steve joyce -- c'mon down!) and there is no one in the current administration who'd dare step in front of this type of progress. Having fifshed Rock Creek last week, well... I'm just stunned and saddened.
Here's the money quote from the missoulian

As planned, the 35-year project would build several miles of roads into the Cabinets, as well as railroad stations, pipelines, power lines, a tailings treatment plant and other infrastructure on more than 1,500 acres. At full capacity, it should yield an estimated 10,000 tons of copper and silver ore per day.