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July 20: 1:00 p.m. March on Zeb Mountain! STOP STRIP MINING
TENNESSEE'S WATERSHEDS! United Mountain Defense, Mountain Justice and
Three Rivers Earth First! ask you to march with us for Appalachia. This
is a call for you to take a Sunday out of your life to help preserve
some of the oldest mountains and watersheds on Earth. March with us in
solidarity against the watershed annihilation machine known as
mountaintop removal. This is a call not for any organization or
group-but for the Mountains of Tennessee. See:
unitedmountaindefense.org. The march will begin with a family friendly gathering and prayer in the parking lot. Participants will then march 1/8 of a mile to the gate of National Coal. A prayer will be lead at the gate and at this time citizen who feel called to participate in non-violent civil acts of conscience will have the opportunity to walk across the gate of National Coal. If you would like to follow the examples of Martin Luther King, Gandhi, and Thoreau by participating in this part of the march then you must come to the non-violence training the day before. Non-Violence Training will take place on Saturday, July 19th at 1:00 p.m. at the University Of Tennessee in the Earth Science Building Room 400. Where: March at Zeb Mountain, Campbell Co. TN MORE INFO, including directions: Directions from Knoxville and points South Take Interstate 75 North Take Oneida/ Huntsville Exit/ Hwy 63 Go West of Interstate 75 about 6 miles Turn Right on Hwy 297 @ Pioneer Post Office Go 3 miles turn left onto Lick Fork Rd Find a parking spot Directions from Lexington and points North Take Interstate 75 South Take Oneida/ Huntsville Exit/ Hwy 63 Go West of Interstate 75 about 6 miles Turn Right on Hwy 297 @ Pioneer Post Office Go 3 miles turn left onto Lick Fork Rd Find a parking spot Directions from Asheville and points East Take Interstate 40 West Take Interstate/ bypass 640 West around Knoxville Take Interstate 75 North Take Oneida/ Huntsville Exit/ Hwy 63 Go West of Interstate 75 about 6 miles Turn Right on Hwy 297 @ Pioneer Post Office Go 3 miles turn left onto Lick Fork Rd Find a parking spot Directions from Nashville and points West Take Interstate 40 East Take Interstate/ bypass 640 East around Knoxville Take Interstate 75 North Take Oneida/ Huntsville Exit/ Hwy 63 Go West of Interstate 75 about 6 miles Turn Right on Hwy 297 @ Pioneer Post Office Go 3 miles turn left onto Lick Fork Rd Find a parking spot Send housing requests or questions to umdvolunteerhouse@yahoo.com ZEB MOUNTAIN National Coal is the strip mine corporation blowing up the three peaks of Zeb Mountain for the coal beneath. National Coal has a terrible record of over 50 violations on Zeb Mountain-including one for illegally mining through two streams. National Coal has wrecked the watershed of Zeb Mountain-and the New River Watershed is next if we don't stop them. http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=8259449 SUNDQUIST WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA National Coal has bought over 75,000 acres in the nearby Sundquist Wildlife Management Area and has the repeatedly stated intention on increasing its rate of blowing up mountains in this Watershed. Sundquist WMA is 84,000 acres of public access property offering public hunting opportunities for deer, turkey, grouse, and small game. The Sundquist is a Watershed for the New River. The New River flows into the Cumberland River, which is Nashville's drinking water source. Some geologists have suggested that this is the oldest watershed on Earth. National Coal is intent on blowing up a watershed that is one of Tennessee's state capitals sources of drinking water. http://www.southeasternoutdoors.com/outdoors/hunting/wma/sundquist/sundquist-wma.html NATIONAL COAL STRIP MINE CORPORATION National Coal suggests that they are not practicing the
"bad mining practices of the past." National Coal says that they are a
kinder gentler strip miner. National Coal would have you ignore the
150-year history of mining in Tennessee. National Coal suggests that
they are not like all of the bad evil strippers in Kentucky, WVA, and
South West Virginia. They shake their heads at how bad it is there.
National coal would have you ignore what their industry is doing in the
other states. National Coal suggests that they can do a great job
"improving" the New River Watershed by blowing it up. National Coal
would have you ignore the incredible damage they have done to Zeb
Mountain. They would have you ignore your lying eyes. March with us and
stand up to these corporate bullies who with arrogant almost colonialist
swagger assume the right to blow up the watersheds and mountains of
Tennessee. 1. Bring an instrument-and learn how to play "Rocky
Top"-Tennessee's state song. Write your own new lyrics to Rocky Top or
learn ours. |
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